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The kinase domain – the Pac-Man – is the catalytic center where the protein does its main job: adding a phosphate group to its target to control its activity.
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Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
CDFIs play a catalytic role in strengthening rural ecosystems.
—Kevin Cohee, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Unlike the typical backpacking canister stove that heats via an open flame – often heavily protected by a windscreen of some sort, but an open flame, nonetheless – the Ulti uses a catalytic combustion process that produces infrared radiation without a flame rising out of the burner body.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
The catalytic agent, Dr. Leah Barlow—a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T)—kicked off a movement with her intro to African American studies series, opening the flood gates for other educators to follow suit.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 31 Jan. 2025
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Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
CDFIs play a catalytic role in strengthening rural ecosystems.
—Kevin Cohee, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Unlike the typical backpacking canister stove that heats via an open flame – often heavily protected by a windscreen of some sort, but an open flame, nonetheless – the Ulti uses a catalytic combustion process that produces infrared radiation without a flame rising out of the burner body.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
The catalytic agent, Dr. Leah Barlow—a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T)—kicked off a movement with her intro to African American studies series, opening the flood gates for other educators to follow suit.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Catalytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalytic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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catalytic
adjective
cat·a·lyt·ic
ˌkat-ᵊl-ˈit-ik 
: causing, involving, or relating to catalysis
the catalytic action of an enzyme
Medical Definition
catalytic
adjective
cat·a·lyt·ic
ˌkat-ᵊl-ˈit-ik
: causing, involving, or relating to catalysis
a catalytic reaction
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