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kinase
noun(ki-nase)
any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of phosphate groups from a high-energy phosphate-containing molecule (such as ATP) to a substrate
kinase
noun(ki-nase)
any of three isoenzymes found especially in vertebrate skeletal and myocardial muscle that catalyze the transfer of a high-energy phosphate group from phosphocreatine to ADP with the formation of ATP and creatine
kinase
noun(ki-nase)
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to one or more amino acids in the side chain of a protein resulting in a conformational change affecting protein function
kinase
noun(ki-nase)
a protein kinase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of specific serine or threonine amino acid residues

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