dephosphatase

English

Etymology

de- +‎ phosphate +‎ -ase

Noun

dephosphatase (plural dephosphatases)

  1. (biochemistry) Synonym of phosphatase
    • 2016 February 10, “Differential Roles for DUSP Family Members in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell Regulation in Breast Cancer”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0148065:
      Indeed, PKC CK2α has been shown to selectively phosphorylate DUSP6 and increase its dephosphatase activity [49 ].
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