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phosphorylase kinase

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phosphorylase kinase /phos·phor·y·lase ki·nase/ (fos-for´ĭ-lās ki´nās) phosphorylase b kinase; an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation and activation of glycogen phosphorylase, a step in the cascade of reactions regulating glycogenolysis.
phosphorylase
a key regulatory enzyme that, in the presence of inorganic phosphate, catalyzes the removal of one glucose unit from glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate.

citrulline phosphorylase
see ornithine carbamoyl transferase.
phosphorylase kinase
an enzyme that activates phosphorylase by catalyzing the phosphorylation of serine. See also kinase.


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