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Evolution and divergence of the genes for cytoplasmic, mitochondrial, and flagellar creatine kinases.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Aug 2004
Suzuki Tomohiko, Mizuta Chisa, Uda Kouji, Ishida Keiko, Mizuta Kanae, Sona Sona, Compaan Deanne M, Ellington W Ross
Abstract excerpt
Creatine kinase (CK) plays a central role in energy homeostasis in cells that display high and variable rates of energy turnover. A number of CK genes exist, each being targeted to particular intracellular compartments. In the vertebrates, two genes code for proteins which form homo- and heterodimers targeted to the cytoplasm, while two additional genes code for primarily octameric proteins targeted to the...
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