Enables protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to organic cyclic compound and dendritic spine development. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human PAK4 (p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]