kinase noun. ['kʌɪneɪz] E20.
[from Greek kinein move + -ASE.]
Biochemistry.
1. A substance which converts an inactive precursor into an active enzyme. Now rare or obsolete. E20.

2. Any of various enzymes that catalyse the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule. M20.

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