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Autophosphatase vs Autokinase - What's the difference?

autophosphatase | autokinase | Related terms |

Autophosphatase is a related term of autokinase.


As nouns the difference between autophosphatase and autokinase

is that autophosphatase is (enzyme|noun adjunct) a phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself while autokinase is (enzyme) a protein kinase or domain which promotes autophosphorylation.

autophosphatase

English

Alternative forms

* auto-phosphatase

Noun

(head)
  • (enzyme, noun adjunct) A phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself
    • an autophosphatase reaction
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, U. Schibler, chapter=Circadian time keeping, Hypothalamic Integration of Energy Metabolism, editors=Kalsbeek et al. citation
    • , passage=In addition, KaiC, which can act both as an autokinase and an autophosphatase , undergoes robust daily phosphorylation cycles that depend on its physical interactions with KaiA and KaiB.}}

    Related terms

    * autokinase * autophosphorylase

    autokinase

    English

    Alternative forms

    * auto-kinase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) A protein kinase or domain which promotes autophosphorylation
    • an autokinase domain

    Related terms

    * autophosphatase