Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein kinase activity and tau protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including positive regulation of microglial cell activation; positive regulation of protein polymerization; and regulation of gene expression. Predicted to act upstream of or within phosphorylation. Located in neuronal cell body and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in ganglia; nose; trigeminal nerve; and ventral grey horn. Orthologous to human TTBK1 (tau tubulin kinase 1).