The phosphorylation of a protein can make it active or inactive.
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The phosphorylation of a protein can make it active or inactive.
Phosphorylation can either activate a protein (orange) or inactivate it (green). Kinase is an enzyme that phosphorylates proteins. Phosphatase is an enzyme that dephosphorylates proteins, effectively undoing the action of kinase.
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