Ser/Thr protein kinase and subunit of TFIIK, a TFIIH subassembly; phosphorylates the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAPII (Ser5 and Ser7); facilitates recruitment of mRNA 5'-capping and polyadenylation factors to the RNAPII holoenzyme complex; minor role in RNAPII transcription; role in RNAPI transcription; regulates Atg1p kinase complex assembly during nitrogen starvation induced autophagy; associates with cyclin Ccl1p; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; ortholog of human CDK7
