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Kinase

Kinase

See also: kinase

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Noun

Kinase f (genitive Kinase, plural Kinasen)

  1. (biochemistry) kinase

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kinase

kinase

See also: Kinase

English

Phosphorylation of a protein, a process catylyzed by a protein kinase

Noun

kinase (plural kinases)

  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that transfers phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.

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