Category:GO:0140651 ! futile creatine cycle

name: futile creatine cycle
namespace: biological_process
def: "The phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of creatine in a futile cycle, which dissipates the high energy charge of phosphocreatine as heat without performing any mechanical or chemical work. The futile creatine cycle takes place in thermogenic fat cells and is part of adaptive thermogenesis." [PMID:33597756, PMID:33981039]
is_a: GO:0008152 ! metabolic process
relationship: has_part: GO:0004111 ! creatine kinase activity
relationship: has_part: GO:0050187 ! phosphoamidase activity
relationship: part_of: GO:1990845 ! adaptive thermogenesis

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0140651</GOterm>
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