該基因編碼絲氨酸/蘇氨酸蛋白激酶蛋白激酶c（pkc）家族的一個成員。pkc家族至少由8個成員組成，它們是差異表達的，參與多種細胞過程。這種蛋白激酶不依賴鈣和磷脂。它不被佛波酯或甘油二酯激活。這種激酶可以通過與小gtpase rab2的直接相互作用被募集到囊泡管簇（vtcs），在那里這種激酶磷酸化甘油醛-3-磷酸脫氫酶（gapd/gapdh），并在早期分泌途徑中的微管動力學中發揮作用。這種激酶被認為是bcl-abl介導的抗藥物誘導凋亡所必需的，因此可以保護白血病細胞免受藥物誘導的凋亡。在x染色體上有一個外顯子假基因。
This gene encodes a member of the protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine/threonine protein kinases. The PKC family comprises at least eight members, which are differentially expressed and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes. This protein kinase is calcium-independent and phospholipid-dependent. It is not activated by phorbolesters or diacylglycerol. This kinase can be recruited to vesicle tubular clusters (VTCs) by direct interaction with the small GTPase RAB2, where this kinase phosphorylates glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPD/GAPDH) and plays a role in microtubule dynamics in the early secretory pathway. This kinase is found to be necessary for BCL-ABL-mediated resistance to drug-induced apoptosis and therefore protects leukemia cells against drug-induced apoptosis. There is a single exon pseudogene mapped on chromosome X. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]