"phosphagen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phosphagens [plural]
Etymology: From phosphate + -gen. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|phosphate|gen}} phosphate + -gen Head templates: {{en-noun}} phosphagen (plural phosphagens)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues. Wikipedia link: phosphagen Categories (topical): Biochemistry

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