IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.3.3

Accepted name: arginine kinase

Reaction: ATP + L-arginine = ADP + Nω-phospho-L-arginine

Other names: arginine phosphokinase; adenosine 5'-triphosphate: L-arginine phosphotransferase; adenosine 5'-triphosphate-arginine phosphotransferase

Systematic name: ATP:L-arginine Nω-phosphotransferase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9026-70-4

References:

1. Elödi, P. and Szörényi, E.T. Properties of crystalline arginine phosphoferase isolated from crustacean muscle. Acta Physiol. Acad. Sci. (Hung.) 9 (1956) 367-379.

2. Morrison, J.F., Griffiths, D.E. and Ennor, A.H. The purification and properties of arginine phosphokinase. Biochem. J. 65 (1957) 143-153.

3. Szörényi, E.T., Dvornikova, P.D. and Degtyar, P.G. [Isolation in the crystalline state and some properties of adenosinetriphosphate-arginine transphosphorylase.] Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 67 (1949) 341-344. (in Russian)

4. Virden, R., Watts, D.C. and Baldwin, E. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate-arginine phosphotransferase from lobster muscle: purification and properties. Biochem. J. 94 (1965) 536-544.

[EC 2.7.3.3 created 1961]


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