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Kinase
An enzyme that transfers a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Proteins and Proteomics: Protein Modification

Related Terms:
Phosphorylation
Phosphatase

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Signal Transduction Pathway

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