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Updated June 2026
An enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate groups from high-energy molecules to specific substrates, playing crucial roles in cell signalling and regulation. Kinases are essential in biochemistry and molecular biology.
“Researchers studied the protein kinase to understand its role in cancer development.”
ki·nase
Contains vowels I and A; K at start with -ASE enzyme suffix pattern.
Worth 10 points; the K provides good value in this scientific term.
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