FUNCTION: SwissProt: O60285 # Involved in tolerance to glucose starvation. Phosphorylates ATM. Suppresses Fas-induced apoptosis by phosphorylation of CASP6, thus suppressing the activation of the caspase and the subsequent cleavage of CFLAR.
COFACTOR: Magnesium.
SIZE: 661 amino acids; 74305 Da
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed at high levels in heart and brain, and at lower levels in skeletal muscle, kidney, ovary, placenta, lung and liver.
SIMILARITY: SwissProt: O60285 ## Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CAMK Ser/Thr protein kinase family. SNF1 subfamily. & Contains 1 protein kinase domain.