Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in cilium assembly; hindbrain development; and smoothened signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryonic brain development; nervous system development; and positive regulation of non-motile cilium assembly. Located in ciliary base; ciliary transition zone; and microtubule organizing center. Is expressed in several structures, including nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 11. Orthologous to human TTBK2 (tau tubulin kinase 2).