A compound (in particular, a phosphagen) of l-arginine with phosphoric acid containing the phosphoamide bond; a source of energy in the contraction of muscle in invertebrates, corresponding to phosphocreatine in the muscles of vertebrates. Cf.:phosphocreatine. SYN: arginine phosphate.
* * *
phos·pho·ar·gi·nine .fäs-(.)fō-'är-jə-.nēn n a compound C6H15N4O5P of arginine and phosphoric acid that functions in various invertebrates (as crustaceans) in a way similar to that of phosphocreatine in vertebrates
Medical dictionary. 2011.