Tyrosine-protein kinase BLK, also known as B lymphocyte kinase, is a
non-receptor tyrosine kinase
A non-receptor tyrosine kinase (nRTK) is a cytosolic enzyme that is responsible for catalysing the transfer of a phosphate group from a nucleoside triphosphate donor, such as ATP, to tyrosine residues in proteins. Non-receptor tyrosine kinases a ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''BLK''
gene
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It is of the
Src family of tyrosine kinases.
Interactions
The tyrosine-protein kinase BLK has been shown to
interact
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Tyrosine kinases
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