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protein kinase
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protein kinase [¦prō‚tēn ′kī‚nās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme that exerts regulatory effects on growth and malignant transformation by phosphorylating proteins.


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In essence, if you block protein kinases you also block the cytokine pathway that permits signaling from the surface of the cell to the nucleus.
The study exposes not only the activation mechanism of RAF, but potentially the mechanisms that control other protein kinases, a large number of which are linked to cancer and other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and neurodegeneration.
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