An amino acid that occurs in vertebrate tissues and in urine. In muscle tissue, creatine generally occurs as phosphocreatine. Creatine is excreted as CREATININE in the urine.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003401
altLabel
Glycine, N-(aminoiminomethyl)-N-methyl-
AN
do not confuse with CREATININE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE see PHOSPHOCREATINE
AQL
AA AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0010286
DC
1
definition
An amino acid that occurs in vertebrate tissues and in urine. In muscle tissue, creatine generally occurs as phosphocreatine. Creatine is excreted as CREATININE in the urine.