protein kinase

English

Noun

protein kinase (plural protein kinases)

  1. (biochemistry) a kinase which substrate is a protein
    • 2009, Varki, Ajit; Freeze, Hudson H., “Glycans in Acquired Human Diseases”, in Varki, A., et al., editor, Essentials of Glycobiology‎, Second edition 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.
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