Predicted to enable ATP binding activity; magnesium ion binding activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in cellular response to glucose starvation; intracellular signal transduction; and protein phosphorylation. Predicted to act upstream of or within phosphorylation. Is expressed in central nervous system; hippocampus; retina; retina inner nuclear layer; and retina outer nuclear layer. Orthologous to human NIM1K (NIM1 serine/threonine protein kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]