The Creatine Transporter Unfolded: A Knotty Premise in the Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndrome
Creatine provides cells with high-energy phosphates for the rapid reconstitution of hydrolyzed adenosine triphosphate. The eponymous creatine transporter (CRT1/SLC6A8) belongs to a family of solute carrier 6 (SLC6) proteins. The key role of CRT1 is to translocate creatine across tissue barriers and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsyn.2020.588954/full |