Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in protein phosphorylation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including meiotic chromosome segregation; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; and synaptonemal complex disassembly. Located in chromosome and microtubule cytoskeleton. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; early conceptus; hemolymphoid system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in urinary bladder cancer. Orthologous to human PLK1 (polo like kinase 1).
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