Autophosphatase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself

    "an autophosphatase reaction"

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"In addition, KaiC, which can act both as an autokinase and an autophosphatase, undergoes robust daily phosphorylation cycles that depend on its physical interactions with KaiA and KaiB."

Etymology

From auto- + phosphatase.

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