Term Information

Accession
GO:0006603
Name
phosphocreatine metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
phosphocreatine metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphocreatine, a phosphagen of creatine present in high concentration in striated muscle which is synthesized and broken down by creatine phosphokinase to buffer ATP concentration. It acts as an immediate energy reserve for muscle. Source: PMID:16371597
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0006603 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of phosphocreatine metabolic process (GO:0006603)
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phosphocreatine metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  phosphagen metabolic process (GO:0006599)
Children of phosphocreatine metabolic process (GO:0006603)
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phosphocreatine catabolic process (GO:0046315) [is_a relation] is_a  phosphocreatine metabolic process
phosphocreatine biosynthetic process (GO:0046314) [is_a relation] is_a  phosphocreatine metabolic process
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