Death-associated protein kinase 1 is a positive mediator of gamma-interferon induced programmed cell death. DAPK1 encodes a structurally unique 160-kD calmodulin dependent serine-threonine kinase that carries 8 ankyrin repeats and 2 putative P-loop consensus sites. It is a tumor suppressor candidate. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2013],DAPK,Apoptosis,Autophagy,Calcium Signaling,Cancer,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Death Receptor Signaling Pathway,Kinase,Kinase_Serine/threonine kinases,MAPK-Erk Signaling Pathway,Neuroscience,Signal Transduction,Tumor suppressors,DAPK1