Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in protein phosphorylation and regulation of transcription involved in G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle. Predicted to act upstream of or within phosphorylation. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in alimentary system; brain; liver; lung; and metanephros. Orthologous to human CDK18 (cyclin dependent kinase 18). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]