Protein phosphatase

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Protein phosphatases are a key regulatory component of intracellular signal transduction. Protein phosphatases are enzymes that remove a phosphate group from a protein in order to switch it off, or activate it[1].

References

  1. Alberts, B, et al. (2008) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition, New York:Garland Science, pp.895