Predicted to enable mevalonate kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in cholesterol biosynthetic process and isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway. Located in cytosol. Expressed in head. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lipid metabolism disorder; mevalonic aciduria; and porokeratosis. Is an ortholog of human MVK (mevalonate kinase).