Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of striated muscle cell differentiation. Is expressed in choroid invagination; diencephalon roof plate; medulla oblongata part of 4th ventricle choroid plexus; and metencephalon part of 4th ventricle choroid plexus. Orthologous to human NEK5 (NIMA related kinase 5).