Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables heme binding activity; protein homodimerization activity; and protein kinase activity. Involved in negative regulation of cell population proliferation; negative regulation of hemoglobin biosynthetic process; and protein autophosphorylation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including macrophage differentiation; multicellular organismal-level iron ion homeostasis; and regulation of protein metabolic process. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in alimentary system; central nervous system; liver; nervous system; and spinal cord. Orthologous to human EIF2AK1 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 1).
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