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noun Biochemistry.
an enzyme that, during muscular activity, catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine in muscle to produce ATP.
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How to use creatine kinase in a sentence
For athletes, the idea is that the increased blood flow also increases the clearance of blood lactate and creatine kinase, both of which get released from muscles and into the bloodstream after vigorous exercise and is a signal of muscle damage.
For example, day-after creatine kinase averaged 2,439 international units per liter.
Creatine and creatinine also seem to lessen in amount, but of the extent of this change I am not as yet fully informed.
Fat and Blood|S. Weir MitchellIn vertebrates, the basis for the phosphoric acid is creatine, whereas invertebrates have arginine instead.