Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 5.2.2)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in cilium assembly; hindbrain development; and smoothened signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryonic brain development; nervous system development; and positive regulation of non-motile cilium assembly. Located in ciliary base; ciliary transition zone; and microtubule organizing center. Is expressed in nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 11. Orthologous to human TTBK2 (tau tubulin kinase 2).