Phosphoarginine

Japanese: phosphoarginine
Phosphoarginine

...A general term for high-energy phosphate compounds produced in the body to store energy as a phosphate source. Representative examples include phosphocreatine, found in the muscles and nerve tissues of vertebrates, and phosphoarginine, found in invertebrates, but there are also other compounds such as phosphoguanidinoacetic acid and N' -phosphoguanidinoethylmethylphosphate. All of these have high-energy phosphate bonds in the form of guanidine phosphate.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "phosphoarginine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…リン酸源の意味で,生体内におけるエネルギーの貯蔵のためにつくられる高エネルギーリン酸化合物の総称。脊椎動物の筋肉や神経組織に存在するホスホクレアチンphosphocreatineや無脊椎動物に存在するホスホアルギニンphosphoarginineが代表的なものであるが,そのほかにもホスホグアニジノ酢酸やN′‐ホスホグアニジノエチルメチルリン酸なども存在する。これらはすべてグアニジンリン酸の形で高エネルギーリン酸結合をもっている。…

※「phosphoarginine」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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