DNA damage response kinase; signal transduction pathway component required for DNA damage and replication checkpoints, promoting cell cycle arrest and DNA repair; role in initiation of DNA replication; inhibits gene gating through NPC protein phosphorylation, to promote fork stability; activates downstream kinase Dun1p; senses mtDNA depletion and mitochondrial ROS; relocalizes to cytosol under hypoxia; contains two FHA domains; human homolog CHEK2 implicated in breast cancer complements the null
