Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within inflammatory response; neuron differentiation; and protein localization. Located in cytoplasm. Part of COPI vesicle coat. Is expressed in hindbrain; jaw; otic capsule; and skeleton. Used to study hereditary ataxia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 21. Orthologous to human SCYL1 (SCY1 like pseudokinase 1).