Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein kinase activator activity; protein kinase binding activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in mitotic cell cycle and regulation of mitotic cell cycle. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell division and phosphorylation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Predicted to colocalize with centrosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lethal congenital contracture syndrome. Orthologous to human NEK9 (NIMA related kinase 9).