Basic Info

Common NameCreatine(F05325)
2D Structure
Description

Creatine is 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. Creatine functions as part of the cell's energy shuttle. The high energy phosphate group of ATP is transferred to creatine to form phosphocreatine in the following reaction: Cr + ATP <-> PCr + ADP. This reaction is reversibly catalyzed by creatine kinase. In the human body creatine is synthesized mainly in the liver by the use of parts from three different amino acids - arginine, glycine, and methionine. 95% of it is later stored in the skeletal muscles, with the rest in the brain, heart, testes.

FRCD IDF05325
CAS Number57-00-1
PubChem CID586
FormulaC4H9N3O2
IUPAC Name

2-[carbamimidoyl(methyl)amino]acetic acid

InChI Key

CVSVTCORWBXHQV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H9N3O2/c1-7(4(5)6)2-3(8)9/h2H2,1H3,(H3,5,6)(H,8,9)

Canonical SMILES

CN(CC(=O)O)C(=N)N

Isomeric SMILES

CN(CC(=O)O)C(=N)N

WikipediaCreatine
Synonyms
        
            Kreatin
        
            (alpha-Methylguanido)acetic acid
        
            creatine
        
            57-00-1
        
            Creatin
        
            Krebiozon
        
            N-amidinosarcosine
        
            N-methyl-N-guanylglycine
        
            methylglycocyamine
        
            Creatine, hydrate
        
Classifies
                

                  
                    Animal Toxin
                  

                
        
Update DateNov 13, 2018 17:07

Chemical Taxonomy

KingdomOrganic compounds
SuperclassOrganic acids and derivatives
ClassCarboxylic acids and derivatives
SubclassAmino acids, peptides, and analogues
Intermediate Tree NodesAmino acids and derivatives
Direct ParentAlpha amino acids and derivatives
Alternative Parents
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
SubstituentsAlpha-amino acid or derivatives - Guanidine - Carboximidamide - Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives - Carboxylic acid - Organic nitrogen compound - Organic oxygen compound - Organopnictogen compound - Organic oxide - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organooxygen compound - Organonitrogen compound - Imine - Carbonyl group - Aliphatic acyclic compound
DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as alpha amino acids and derivatives. These are amino acids in which the amino group is attached to the carbon atom immediately adjacent to the carboxylate group (alpha carbon), or a derivative thereof.

Properties

Property NameProperty Value
Molecular Weight131.135
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count3
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count3
Rotatable Bond Count3
Complexity134
Monoisotopic Mass131.069
Exact Mass131.069
XLogP-1.2
Formal Charge0
Heavy Atom Count9
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Isotope Atom Count0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count1

ADMET

Model Result Probability
Absorption
Blood-Brain BarrierBBB+0.6849
Human Intestinal AbsorptionHIA+0.9605
Caco-2 PermeabilityCaco2-0.6228
P-glycoprotein SubstrateNon-substrate0.5275
P-glycoprotein InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9704
Non-inhibitor0.8744
Renal Organic Cation TransporterNon-inhibitor0.8321
Distribution
Subcellular localizationLysosome0.5430
Metabolism
CYP450 2C9 SubstrateNon-substrate0.7916
CYP450 2D6 SubstrateNon-substrate0.7670
CYP450 3A4 SubstrateNon-substrate0.7585
CYP450 1A2 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9136
CYP450 2C9 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9068
CYP450 2D6 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.8954
CYP450 2C19 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9157
CYP450 3A4 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9346
CYP Inhibitory PromiscuityLow CYP Inhibitory Promiscuity0.9969
Excretion
Toxicity
Human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene InhibitionWeak inhibitor0.9653
Non-inhibitor0.9649
AMES ToxicityNon AMES toxic0.7522
CarcinogensNon-carcinogens0.8138
Fish ToxicityLow FHMT0.9297
Tetrahymena Pyriformis ToxicityLow TPT0.8568
Honey Bee ToxicityLow HBT0.7291
BiodegradationNot ready biodegradable0.7859
Acute Oral ToxicityIII0.5560
Carcinogenicity (Three-class)Non-required0.5840

Model Value Unit
Absorption
Aqueous solubility-0.9464LogS
Caco-2 Permeability0.2911LogPapp, cm/s
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Toxicity
Rat Acute Toxicity2.0088LD50, mol/kg
Fish Toxicity2.6160pLC50, mg/L
Tetrahymena Pyriformis Toxicity-0.5670pIGC50, ug/L

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Performance and serum biochemical profile of Japanese quail supplemented with silymarin and contaminated with aflatoxin B1.Poult Sci2018 Jan 129077959
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Targets

General Function:
Creatine kinase activity
Specific Function:
Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphogens (e.g. creatine phosphate). Creatine kinase isoenzymes play a central role in energy transduction in tissues with large, fluctuating energy demands, such as skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa.
Gene Name:
CKMT2
Uniprot ID:
P17540
Molecular Weight:
47504.08 Da
References
  1. Overington JP, Al-Lazikani B, Hopkins AL: How many drug targets are there? Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Dec;5(12):993-6. [17139284 ]
General Function:
Creatine kinase activity
Specific Function:
Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphogens (e.g. creatine phosphate). Creatine kinase isoenzymes play a central role in energy transduction in tissues with large, fluctuating energy demands, such as skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa.
Gene Name:
CKMT1A
Uniprot ID:
P12532
Molecular Weight:
47036.3 Da
References
  1. Overington JP, Al-Lazikani B, Hopkins AL: How many drug targets are there? Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Dec;5(12):993-6. [17139284 ]
General Function:
Neurotransmitter:sodium symporter activity
Specific Function:
Required for the uptake of creatine in muscles and brain.
Gene Name:
SLC6A8
Uniprot ID:
P48029
Molecular Weight:
70522.17 Da
References
  1. Rosenberg EH, Munoz CM, Degrauw TJ, Jakobs Cn, Salomons GS: Overexpression of wild-type creatine transporter (SLC6A8) restores creatine uptake in primary SLC6A8-deficient fibroblasts. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2006 Apr-Jun;29(2-3):345-6. [16763899 ]
General Function:
Ubiquitin protein ligase binding
Specific Function:
Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphogens (e.g. creatine phosphate). Creatine kinase isoenzymes play a central role in energy transduction in tissues with large, fluctuating energy demands, such as skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa.
Gene Name:
CKB
Uniprot ID:
P12277
Molecular Weight:
42643.95 Da
References
  1. Wallimann T, Wyss M, Brdiczka D, Nicolay K, Eppenberger HM: Intracellular compartmentation, structure and function of creatine kinase isoenzymes in tissues with high and fluctuating energy demands: the 'phosphocreatine circuit' for cellular energy homeostasis. Biochem J. 1992 Jan 1;281 ( Pt 1):21-40. [1731757 ]
General Function:
Creatine kinase activity
Specific Function:
Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphogens (e.g. creatine phosphate). Creatine kinase isoenzymes play a central role in energy transduction in tissues with large, fluctuating energy demands, such as skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa.
Gene Name:
CKM
Uniprot ID:
P06732
Molecular Weight:
43100.91 Da
References
  1. Zeng L, Hu Q, Wang X, Mansoor A, Lee J, Feygin J, Zhang G, Suntharalingam P, Boozer S, Mhashilkar A, Panetta CJ, Swingen C, Deans R, From AH, Bache RJ, Verfaillie CM, Zhang J: Bioenergetic and functional consequences of bone marrow-derived multipotent progenitor cell transplantation in hearts with postinfarction left ventricular remodeling. Circulation. 2007 Apr 10;115(14):1866-75. Epub 2007 Mar 26. [17389266 ]
General Function:
Methyltransferase activity
Gene Name:
GAMT
Uniprot ID:
Q14353
Molecular Weight:
26317.925 Da
References
  1. Wang L, Zhang Y, Shao M, Zhang H: Spatiotemporal expression of the creatine metabolism related genes agat, gamt and ct1 during zebrafish embryogenesis. Int J Dev Biol. 2007;51(3):247-53. [17486546 ]
General Function:
L-proline transmembrane transporter activity
Specific Function:
Neutral amino acid/proton symporter. Has a pH-dependent electrogenic transport activity for small amino acids such as glycine, alanine and proline. Besides small apolar L-amino acids, it also recognize their D-enantiomers and selected amino acid derivatives such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (By similarity).
Gene Name:
SLC36A1
Uniprot ID:
Q7Z2H8
Molecular Weight:
53075.045 Da
References
  1. Thondorf I, Voigt V, Schafer S, Gebauer S, Zebisch K, Laug L, Brandsch M: Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship analyses of substrates of the human proton-coupled amino acid transporter 1 (hPAT1). Bioorg Med Chem. 2011 Nov 1;19(21):6409-18. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.08.058. Epub 2011 Sep 5. [21955456 ]