Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular protein localization; inflammatory response; and neuron differentiation. Located in cytoplasm. Part of COPI vesicle coat. Is expressed in hindbrain; jaw; otic capsule; and skeleton. Used to study hereditary ataxia. 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]