Protein Kinase Definition

noun
Any of a group of kinases that phosphorylate the amino acids serine, threonine, and tyrosine in certain proteins, that regulate essential aspects of cell growth and movement, and that can cause cancer and other diseases when dysfunctional.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry) A kinase which substrate is a protein.

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Other Word Forms of Protein Kinase

Noun

Singular:
protein kinase
Plural:
protein-kinases

Protein Kinase Sentence Examples

  • This activates a protein kinase cascade, ultimately leading to a multitude of complex effects.

  • Other kinases at the cytosolic surface of the plasma membrane then catalyze phosphorylation of Protein Kinase B, activating it.

  • Moreover, the activity of these transcription factors is regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways.

  • There was no indication that any of the protein kinase genes was frequently mutated in this set of breast cancer samples.

  • The most common type of DM is called DM1, which is caused by a mutation in a gene called myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK).

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