Mak - male germ cell-associated kinase

Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activity and transcription coactivator activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cilium organization; photoreceptor cell maintenance; and protein autophosphorylation. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of non-motile cilium assembly. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including ciliary tip; cytoskeleton; and photoreceptor cell cilium. Predicted to be active in cilium; cytoplasm; and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in retinitis pigmentosa 62. Orthologous to human MAK (male germ cell associated kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]