MAP/microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 3 is an
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''MARK3''
gene
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.
Interactions
MARK3 has been shown to
interact with
Stratifin.
It has been linked to a form of genetic blindness, believed to be a genetic recessive disease that progressively destroys the eyes.
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EC 2.7.11
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