protein kinase

English

Noun

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^[1], 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.