Enables cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity and protein kinase binding activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of meiotic nuclear division; positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process; and sexual reproduction. Acts upstream of or within nematode male tail tip morphogenesis. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Expressed in embryonic cell and germ cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including cervical cancer; hepatobiliary system cancer (multiple); and transitional cell carcinoma. Is an ortholog of human CDK1 (cyclin dependent kinase 1).
This antimicrobial gene is one of several Cys-Cys (CC) cytokine genes clustered on the q-arm of chromosome 17. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. The cytokine encoded by this gene displays chemotactic activity for monocytes, lymphocytes, basophils and eosinophils, but not neutrophils. This chemokine plays a role in accumulation of leukocytes during inflammation. It may also be involved in the recruitment of monocytes into the arterial wall during artherosclerosis. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]
PHENOTYPE: Male mice hemizygous for a knock-out allele exhibit hyperactivation of the SPAK/OSR1 and Na+Cl- cotransporter (NCC) pathway in the renal tubules and develop mild hypertension. [provided by MGI curators]