Predicted to enable calmodulin binding activity; mitogen-activated protein kinase binding activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including protein phosphorylation; regulation of gene expression; and response to lipopolysaccharide. Predicted to act upstream of or within inner ear development; p38MAPK cascade; and positive regulation of gene expression. Predicted to be located in centrosome and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Orthologous to human MAPKAPK2 (MAPK activated protein kinase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]