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Editorial
. 2013 Mar 15;112(6):878-80.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.113.300974.

Creatine--a dispensable metabolite?

Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Joanne S Ingwall
Editorial

Creatine--a dispensable metabolite?

Heinrich Taegtmeyer et al. Circ Res. .
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The central role of creatine as substrate for the creatine kinase reaction and as substrate for the non-enzymatic conversion to creatinine. AGAT =L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (E.C.2.1.4.1) GAMT = G-Adenosyl-L-methionine:N-guanidino-methyltransferase (E.C.2.1.1.2) PCr =phosphocreatine. Not shown in the figure are the pleotropic functions of creatine, including creatine’s role in amino acid metabolism (see text).
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