Protein kinase which plays an important role in the G2/M checkpoint response to DNA damage. Controls degradation of CDC25A by directly phosphorylating it on residues whose phosphorylation is required for BTRC-mediated polyubiquitination and degradation.
Nucleus . Nucleus, nucleolus . Nuclear during interphase but moves to the polar microtubules during prometaphase and metaphase (PubMed:12154088). Accumulates in the nucleolus in G1/S-arrested cells (PubMed:15161910). .
Poorly expressed in cerebellum, trachea, lung, appendix, and uterus.