Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables microtubule binding activity and protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within centrosome cycle and microtubule bundle formation. Located in microtubule cytoskeleton. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; and lung adenocarcinoma. Orthologous to human FES (FES proto-oncogene, tyrosine kinase).