CHUK, IKKA, TCF16, Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha, Conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase, I-kappa-B kinase 1, Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B inhibitor kinase alpha, Transcription factor 16

This gene encodes a member of the serine/threonine protein kinase family. The encoded protein, a component of a cytokine-activated protein complex that is an inhibitor of the essential transcription factor NF-kappa-B complex, phosphorylates sites that trigger the degradation of the inhibitor via the ubiquination pathway, thereby activating the transcription factor.