Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables protein kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in mitotic spindle organization and regulation of cytokinesis. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell division and meiotic cell cycle. Located in chromosome, centromeric region and meiotic spindle midzone. Is expressed in brain; gonad; heart; liver; and metanephros. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 5. Orthologous to human AURKC (aurora kinase C).