Death-associated protein kinase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DAPK3 gene. [5] [6]
Death-associated protein kinase 3 (DAPK3) induces morphological changes in apoptosis when overexpressed in mammalian cells. These results suggest that DAPK3 may play a role in the induction of apoptosis. [6]
Unlike most other mammalian genes, murine (rat and mouse) DAPK3 has undergone accelerated evolution and diverged from the tightly conserved consensus that is maintained from fish to human. [7]
DAPK3 has been shown to interact with PAWR [8] and Death associated protein 6. [8]