Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables ATP binding activity and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to type II interferon; regulation of cell shape; and regulation of myosin II filament organization. Acts upstream of or within apoptotic signaling pathway. Located in PML body. Is expressed in heart; mammary gland epithelium; and notochord. Orthologous to human DAPK3 (death associated protein kinase 3).