Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables mevalonate kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cholesterol biosynthetic process; isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway; and negative regulation of translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process; phosphorylation; and sterol biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in peroxisome. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; sensory organ; and skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lipid metabolism disorder; mevalonic aciduria; and porokeratosis. Orthologous to human MVK (mevalonate kinase).