Nucleoside monophosphate and nucleoside diphosphate kinase; functions in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides; thymidylate/uridylate kinase that converts nucleoside monophosphates, dTMP and dUMP to nucleoside diphosphates, dTDP and dUDP; nucleoside diphosphate kinase that converts nucleoside diphosphates, dTDP and dUDP to dTTP and dUTP; essential for mitotic and meiotic DNA replication; homologous to S. pombe tmp1; human homolog DTYMK can complement the cdc8 null mutant