Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in autophagy and response to starvation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including axonogenesis; negative regulation of collateral sprouting; and somatic sensory system development. Located in phagophore assembly site membrane. Is expressed in facial bone primordium; nervous system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human ULK2 (unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 2).
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