Encodes AtNek3, a member of the NIMA-related serine/threonine kinases (Neks) that have been linked to cell-cycle regulation in fungi and mammals. Plant Neks might be involved in plant development processes.
Computational Description
NIMA-related kinase 3 (NEK3); FUNCTIONS IN: protein serine/threonine kinase activity, protein kinase activity, kinase activity, ATP binding; INVOLVED IN: protein amino acid phosphorylation; LOCATED IN: cellular_component unknown; EXPRESSED IN: 16 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 11 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein kinase, ATP binding site (InterPro:IPR017441), Protein kinase, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR000719), Serine/threonine-protein kinase domain (InterPro:IPR002290), Serine/threonine-protein kinase-like domain (InterPro:IPR017442), Protein kinase-like domain (InterPro:IPR011009), Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site (InterPro:IPR008271); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: NIMA-related kinase 2 (TAIR:AT3G04810.2); Has 124194 Blast hits to 122056 proteins in 3852 species: Archae - 107; Bacteria - 14304; Metazoa - 45560; Fungi - 12271; Plants - 30693; Viruses - 504; Other Eukaryotes - 20755 (source: NCBI BLink).