Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including ATP hydrolysis activity; cytoskeletal protein binding activity; and plus-end-directed microtubule motor activity. Acts upstream of or within nuclear division; regulation of microtubule cytoskeleton organization; and seminiferous tubule development. Located in kinetochore and mitotic spindle midzone. Is expressed in central nervous system; gonad; and retina. Orthologous to human KIF18A (kinesin family member 18A).