Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within meiotic chromosome segregation; protein localization to organelle; and synaptonemal complex disassembly. Located in condensed chromosome and microtubule cytoskeleton. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; early conceptus; hemolymphoid system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in urinary bladder cancer. Orthologous to human PLK1 (polo like kinase 1).