Predicted to enable protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within blood coagulation and regulation of cell motility. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in bulbus arteriosus; eye; gut; and sinus venosus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in adult respiratory distress syndrome; asthma; coronary artery disease; megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome; and thoracic aortic aneurysm. Orthologous to human MYLK (myosin light chain kinase).