gene: chk-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in embryo development and mitotic DNA replication checkpoint signaling. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Expressed in germ line. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pancreatic cancer. Is an ortholog of human CHEK1 (checkpoint kinase 1).