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kinase

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkaɪneɪz/
  • /ˈkaɪneɪs/
  • /ˈkɪneɪz/
  • /ˈkɪneɪs/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enzyme

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “to move”) + -ase, a suffix forming enzyme names.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cinasa — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Catalan: quinasa — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Chinese Mandarin: 激酶 (jīméi) — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Czech: kináza — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Dutch: kinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Finnish: kinaasi — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • French: kinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • German: Kinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Greek: κινάση (kinási) — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Hungarian: kináz — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Icelandic: kínasi — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Indonesian: kinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Italian: chinasi — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Italian: cinasi — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Kazakh: киназа (kinaza) — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Polish: kinaza — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Portuguese: cinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Portuguese: quinase — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Spanish: cinasa — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Spanish: quinasa — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Spanish: kinasa — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Swedish: kinas — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Turkish: kinaz — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
  • Vietnamese: kinaza — enzyme that transfers phosphate groups
Real reading context

kinase in complete knowledge articles

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