Tyrosine kinase/Definition

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
A definition or brief description of Tyrosine kinase.

An enzyme that catalyzes tyrosine phosphorylation; the transfer of a phosphate group from an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to the hydroxyl oxygen atom on the amino acid tyrosine.