Enables protein tyrosine kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including Rab protein signal transduction; nervous system development; and peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation. Located in several cellular components, including axonal growth cone; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; and recycling endosome. Is expressed in brain. Orthologous to human AATK (apoptosis associated tyrosine kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]