ABSTRACT
Phosphagens are phosphorylated guanidine compounds which, via the catalytic action of corresponding phosphagen kinases, function as temporal and possibly spatial ATP buffers (Meyer et al. 1985) in cells capable of dramatic metabolic transitions such as muscle, neurons and spermatozoa. At least eight different phosphagen kinases have been identified and these enzymes are widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom (see excellent reviews by Van Thoai, 1968; Watts, 1968).
© 1991 by Company of Biologists
1991
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