BRSK1, KIAA1811, SAD1, SADB, Serine/threonine-protein kinase BRSK1, Brain-selective kinase 1, Brain-specific serine/threonine-protein kinase 1, Serine/threonine-protein kinase SAD-B, Synapses of Amphids Defective homolog 1

Required for the polarization of forebrain neurons which endows axons and dendrites with distinct properties, possibly by locally regulating phosphorylation of microtubule-associated proteins (By similarity). May be involved in the regulation of G2/M arrest in response to UV-or methyl methane sulfonate (MMS)-induced, but not IR-induced, DNA damage. Phosphorylates WEE1 and CDC25B in vitro and CDC25C in vitro and in vivo.