phosphagen

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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.

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Meanings

nounphosphagen (plural phosphagens)

plural phosphagens

  1. biochemistryAny 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.

Origin

From phosphate + -gen.

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APA

phosphagen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphagen

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“phosphagen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphagen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phosphagen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphagen.

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