Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein tyrosine kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to platelet-derived growth factor stimulus; cellular response to retinoic acid; and positive regulation of nitrogen compound metabolic process. Located in actin filament and plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; early conceptus; gut; placenta; and vagal nerve trunk. Orthologous to human YES1 (YES proto-oncogene 1, Src family tyrosine kinase).