Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables protein kinase activity. Involved in cellular response to glucose starvation; macroautophagy; and synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to starvation; phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process; and protein localization to phagophore assembly site. Located in phagocytic vesicle. Part of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex, class III. Is active in GABA-ergic synapse; endosome; and glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in several structures, including Meckel's cartilage; cardiovascular system; limb; and skeleton. Orthologous to human PIK3C3 (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 3).