這個基因編碼絲氨酸/蘇氨酸激酶的極光激酶亞家族的一個成員。編碼這個亞科另外兩個成員的基因位于19號和20號染色體上。這些激酶通過與微管的結合參與有絲分裂和減數分裂過程中染色體排列和分離的調節。這個基因的一個假基因位于8號染色體上。另外，已經發現該基因的剪接轉錄變體。[由RefSeq提供，2015年9月]
This gene encodes a member of the aurora kinase subfamily of serine/threonine kinases. The genes encoding the other two members of this subfamily are located on chromosomes 19 and 20. These kinases participate in the regulation of alignment and segregation of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis through association with microtubules. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 8. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]