Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables protein kinase activator activity. Involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; and positive regulation of protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryo implantation; erythrocyte differentiation; and hemoglobin biosynthetic process. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including egg cylinder; embryo mesenchyme; embryo mesoderm; nervous system; and placenta. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); diabetic angiopathy; familial erythrocytosis 5; ischemia (multiple); and neurodegenerative disease (multiple). Orthologous to human EPO (erythropoietin).
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