Putative serine/threonine protein kinase; implicated in the regulation of phospholipid asymmetry through the activation of phospholipid translocases (flippases); involved in the phosphorylation of upstream inhibitory kinase Ypk1p along with Fpk1p; has a redundant role in the cellular response to mating pheromone; KIN82 has a paralog, FPK1, that arose from the whole genome duplication