Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables adenylate kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within nucleoside monophosphate phosphorylation. Located in outer dense fiber. Is expressed in several structures, including heart; lung; metanephros; nervous system; and nose. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia and hemolytic anemia. Orthologous to human AK1 (adenylate kinase 1).