creatine kinase

English

Noun

creatine kinase (plural creatine kinases)

1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

Synonyms

• CK (initialism)
• creatine phosphokinase, CPK

Translations

enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine

• Finnish: kreatiinikinaasi
• French: créatine kinase f
• German: Creatin-Kinase f
• Hungarian: kreatin-kináz
• Italian: creatinchinasi f
• Romanian: creatinkinază f