kinase
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Phosphorylation of a protein, a process catylyzed by a protein kinase
See also: Kinase
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κινεῖν (kineîn, “to move”) + -ase, a suffix forming enzyme names.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɪneɪz/, /ˈkaɪneɪs/, /ˈkɪneɪz/, /ˈkɪneɪs/
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Noun
kinase (plural kinases)
- (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- acetokinase
- angiokinase
- aspartokinase
- Bruton's tyrosine kinase
- carboxykinase
- cholecystokinase
- creatine kinase
- creatinkinase
- dikinase
- ectokinase
- exokinase
- fructokinase
- galactokinase
- glucokinase
- immunokinase
- Janus kinase
- ketohexokinase
- kinome
- lumbrokinase
- lumbrokinase
- multikinase
- myokinase
- nattokinase
- nonkinase
- oncokinase
- oxykinase
- phosphoglucokinase
- phosphoglycerate kinase
- photokinase
- Polo kinase
- protein kinase
- pseudokinase
- streptokinase
- thiokinase
- thrombokinase
- urokinase
Translations
enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
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French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
kinase f (plural kinases)
Further reading
- “kinase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kinase, from Ancient Greek κινεῖν (kineîn, “to move”) + -ase, a suffix forming enzyme names.
Pronunciation
Noun
kinasê (plural kinase-kinase, first-person possessive kinaseku, second-person possessive kinasemu, third-person possessive kinasenya)
Further reading
- “kinase” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.