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phosphagen

phosphagen noun: 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.

Noun

phosphagen (plural phosphagens)

  1. 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.

Forms of phosphagen

pluralphosphagens

Origin of phosphagen

From phosphate + -gen.

Questions about phosphagen

What does phosphagen mean?
Phosphagen means 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.
What part of speech is phosphagen?
Phosphagen is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphagen?
The plural of phosphagen is phosphagens.

Words near phosphagen in the dictionary

  1. phosphaalkene
  2. phosphaalkenes
  3. phosphaalkyne
  4. phosphaalkynes
  5. phosphacyclic
  6. phosphagen
  7. phosphagens
  8. phospham
  9. phosphamide
  10. phosphamides
  11. phosphamidon

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