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PHOSPHATASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phosphatase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
Context examples:
Activation of Cdc25 phosphatase activates Cdc2.
(Negative Regulation of G2 to M Transition, NCI Thesaurus)
Phosphorylation by myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) increases myosin activity and dephosphorylation by myosin phosphatase decreases myosin activity.
(Myosin Phosphatase Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This species is acid fast, nonmotile, acid phosphatase and iron uptake negative and catalase, urease, pyrazinamidase and nicotinamidase positive.
(Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in phosphatase activity in the placenta.
(ALPP Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
CD45 antigen, a receptor protein-tyrosine phosphatase essential for T cell development and lymphocyte activation, is expressed on virtually all leukocytes.
(Anti-CD45 Monoclonal Antibody BC8, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the alkaline phosphatase in a biological specimen.
(Alkaline Phosphatase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the amount of acid phosphatase present in a sample.
(Acid Phosphatase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the ratio of alkaline phosphatase compared to creatinine present in a sample.
(Alkaline Phosphatase to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5A protein, is involved in the modulation of dephosphorylation.
(ACP5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A quantitative measurement of alkaline phosphatase present in a sample.
(Alkaline Phosphatase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
