Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine kinase activity. Involved in several processes, including T cell receptor signaling pathway; gamma-delta T cell activation; and positive regulation of cytokine production. Acts upstream of or within NK T cell differentiation. Located in cell-cell junction and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lymphoproliferative syndrome 1. Orthologous to human ITK (IL2 inducible T cell kinase).