Q. A _____ is an enzyme that acts to phosphorylate another protein, while a_____ is an enzyme that removes a phosphate.

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Solution:

Protein kinase is a kinase enzyme that modify other protein by chemically adding phosphate groups to them (phosphorylation) whereas phosphatase is an enzyme which removes a phosphate group from its substrate.