Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activator activity. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of actin filament polymerization and positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation. Part of TORC1 complex. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human MLST8 (MTOR associated protein, LST8 homolog).