Letter P

Protein kinase A

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An enzyme system that is activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and that catalyzes the activity of intracellular proteins.

There are two isozymes of protein kinase A, type I and type II.

Also known as cAMP-dependent protein kinase and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase

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