Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and protein kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in retrograde vesicle-mediated transport, Golgi to endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to act upstream of or within cellular protein localization; inflammatory response; and neuron differentiation. Predicted to be located in cis-Golgi network; cytosol; and endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment. Predicted to be part of COPI vesicle coat. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 21. Orthologous to human SCYL1 (SCY1 like pseudokinase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]