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What do kinases do
I looked online and it seems obvious; Kinases add a phosphate group to a molecule, thus converting ATP to ADP. But... in glycolysis, Phosphoglyceratekinase produces ATP. I'm confused af.- SirButtcheek
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Kinase work in multiple directions?
Here's my example, pertaining to Glycolysis: Phosphofructokinase adds a phosphate group to the intermediary sugar, but Pyruvate Kinase removes a phosphate group from the intermediary sugar. Thus, what do kinases do? Are their substrates ADP or the actual sugar molecules?- foxi
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