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Creatine Kinase

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An enzyme complex that can reversibly convert ATP and creatine to phosphocreatine and ADP. Cytosolic creatine kinases are comprised of homodimers or heterodimers of creatine kinase B-type protein and creatine kinase M-type protein. 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. [ ]

Term info

Label

Creatine Kinase

Synonyms
  • ATP:Creatine N-Phosphotransferase
  • ATP:Creatine Phosphotransferase
  • Adenosine Triphosphate-Creatine Transphosphorylase
  • CK
  • CPK
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Creatine Phosphokinase
  • Creatine Phosphotransferase
  • Phosphocreatine Kinase
Subsets

NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C142800, NCIT_C142799

Display Name

Creatine Kinase

Preferred Name

Creatine Kinase

Semantic Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein, Enzyme

UMLS CUI

C0010287

code

C113245