Predicted to enable protein tyrosine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in protein phosphorylation. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
daf-2 and members of the C. elegans ver and kin gene classes including
ver-3 and
kin-15. In C. elegans,
daf-2 is involved in several processes, including dauer exit; regulation of developmental process; and regulation of macromolecule metabolic process.