kinase

• Sustantivo que designa una enzima que cataliza la transferencia de grupos fosfato, a menudo implicada en la activación o desactivación de proteínas y en la conversión de proenzimas en sus formas activas.

A noun referring to an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups, often involved in activating or deactivating proteins and converting proenzymes to their active forms.

1. Enzyme that activates proenzymesC2formalscientific

   An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme (zymogen) into an active enzyme, often by phosphorylation.

   Cinasa que activa proenzimas

   • The kinase activated the digestive proenzyme in the stomach.
   • Researchers studied how the kinase converts the inactive form to its active state.
   • This specific kinase is crucial for the activation of certain metabolic pathways.