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CREATINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("creatine" is a kind of...):
amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)
Context examples:
A laboratory test result which indicates increased levels of creatine phosphokinase in a biological specimen.
(Creatine Phosphokinase Increased, NCI Thesaurus)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the MB-type creatine kinase to total creatine kinase in a biological specimen.
(Creatine Kinase MB to Total Creatine Kinase Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the ratio of creatine kinase MB compared to total creatine kinase present in a sample.
(Creatine Kinase MB to Total Creatine Kinase Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Mitochondrial creatine kinases are octomers comprised of either four homodimers of creatine kinase U-type, mitochondrial protein or four creatine kinase S-type, mitochondrial protein homodimers.
(Creatine Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
Creatine kinase B-type (381 aa, ~43 kDa) is encoded by the human CKB gene.
(Creatine Kinase B-Type, NCI Thesaurus)
Creatine is important for energy storage; it is phosphorylated to creatine phosphate, which serves as a phosphate donor in the conversion of ADP to ATP and supplies energy necessary for muscle contraction.
(Creatine, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes creatine kinase B-type protein, is involved in the reversible transfer of phosphate between ATP and phoshphogens wherein creatine phosphate is the primary substrate.
(CKB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A quantitative measurement of the amount of heterozygous MB-type creatine kinase present in a sample.
(Creatine Kinase MB Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the heterozygous MB-type creatine kinase in a biological specimen.
(Creatine Kinase MB Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A quantitative measurement of the amount of homozygous B-type creatine kinase present in a sample.
(Creatine Kinase BB Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
