Enables deoxyadenosine kinase activity. Involved in dAMP salvage. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; integumental system; midbrain; nose; and telencephalon. Orthologous to human DCK (deoxycytidine kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]