Serine/threonine-protein kinase that phosphorylates histone H3 at 'Thr-3' (H3T3ph) during mitosis. May act through H3T3ph to both position and modulate activation of AURKB and other components of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) at centromeres to ensure proper chromatid cohesion, metaphase alignment and normal progression through the cell cycle.
Subcellular locations: Nucleus, Chromosome, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Spindle
Nuclear during interphase and associates with the chromosomes and spindle apparatus during mitosis.
Strongly expressed in testis. Also present in thymus and bone marrow and low levels observed in prostate, intestine, lung, spleen and lymph node. Expressed in fetal skin, liver, kidney and small intestine and also in proliferating but not non-proliferating cell lines.