Predicted to enable N-acetylglucosamine kinase activity and N-acylmannosamine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in N-acetylneuraminate catabolic process and carbohydrate phosphorylation. Predicted to act upstream of or within N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process. Orthologous to human NAGK (N-acetylglucosamine kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]