
Asked by: Sarr Tischendorf
asked in category: General Last Updated: 12th May, 2020Are kinases transferases?
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Herein, what is the function of transferases?
A transferase is any one of a class of enzymes that enact the transfer of specific functional groups (e.g. a methyl or glycosyl group) from one molecule (called the donor) to another (called the acceptor). Transferases are involved in myriad reactions in the cell.
One may also ask, where are transferases found? Transferases are located on the luminal side of the endoplasmic reticulum, opposite to the cytosol-facing location of the cytochrome P450s that are often responsible for providing the functional group necessary for glucuronidation and away from where the UDP-glucuronic acid cosubstrate is produced.
People also ask, what class of enzymes are kinases?
Protein Kinases. Protein kinases (PTKs) are enzymes that regulate the biological activity of proteins by phosphorylation of specific amino acids with ATP as the source of phosphate, thereby inducing a conformational change from an inactive to an active form of the protein.
Do kinases remove phosphate groups?
Kinases add phosphate groups. There is a separate family of enzymes called phosphatases which remove phosphate groups from biological molecules.