Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in regulation of neurotransmitter receptor localization to postsynaptic specialization membrane. Is active in glutamatergic synapse. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive non-syndromic intellectual disability. Orthologous to human TNIK (TRAF2 and NCK interacting kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]