protein kinase

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protein kinase (plural protein kinases)

  1. (biochemistry) a kinase whose substrate is a protein
    • 2009, Ajit Varki with Hudson H. Freeze, “Glycans in Acquired Human Diseases”, in Varki, A., et al., editor, Essentials of Glycobiology, 2nd edition, CSH Press, →ISBN, retrieved 5 December 2009:
      These findings, together with previous evidence that heparin stimulates Tau phosphorylation by protein kinases, have been used to argue that sulfated glycosaminoglycans may be a critical factor in the formation of the neurofibrillary tangles.