The product of this gene belongs to the Serine/Threonine protein kinase family, and to the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase subfamily. This protein plays a role in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent (CaM) kinase cascade. Three transcript variants encoding two distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Forensic Context
A study in humans established a targeted RNA sequencing protocol for predicting the time-of-day of bloodstain deposition using 69 candidate mRNA markers, including the CAMKK1 which contributed to the final penalised regression model with coefficients of 1.406 (sine) and -1.551 (cosine) [Gosch et al. DOI:10.1101/2025.02.03.636230][Gosch et al. DOI:10.1016/J.Fsigen.2025.103287]. The final model, evaluated on 408 dried blood samples from 51 individuals, achieved a root mean squared error of 3 hours and 44 minutes, with 78% of predictions correct within ±4 hours via five-fold cross-validation, demonstrating its potential for investigative forensic trace contextualisation.