Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protein kinase

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tein k-i-nase
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a kinase whose substrate is a protein

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

protein kinases (plural)

Questions

What does protein kinase mean?: a kinase whose substrate is a protein

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