Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables MAP kinase activity. Involved in MAPK cascade; bone development; and osteoblast differentiation. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation. Is active in cytosol. Is expressed in genitourinary system; lung; nervous system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human MAPK11 (mitogen-activated protein kinase 11).