Kinase

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  • noun. Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a phosphate group from a donor, such as ADP or ATP, to an acceptor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A ferment-like body which is capable of rendering physiologically active another ferment and thus produces chemical changes in a third body while in itself it is apparently inert.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of a class of enzymes that catalyze transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule; it is a type of phosphorylase.
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  • noun. Any of a group of enzymes that transfers phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates); the process is termed phosphorylation.
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  • noun. an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme
  • Word Usage
    "Not always necessarily at the same time, but at least to be able to look at protein kinase activity, redox state, gene transcription, protein degradation, localization of DNAs and RNAs by slightly more indirect means, which if you use GFP and RFP to label a protein that in turn binds specifically to your favourite nucleic acid, and the list goes on and on."
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