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Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 21 June 1973. Web. 12 Nov. 2015</ref>. This is done by the transfer of an N-phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine to ADP.  
Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 21 June 1973. Web. 12 Nov. 2015</ref>. This is done by the transfer of an N-phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine to ADP.  
== Structure ==
== Structure ==
The structure of arginine kinase is mainly α-helical and contains an N-terminal region with a specificity loop for specific substrate binding.  (Figure 1b). However, when compared to creatine kinase, arginine kinase is not terminated at the N-terminal end with a pair of proline-glycine residues. Typically within creatine kinase, the proline molecules restrict changes in conformation and is the amino acid that terminates helices. The glycine chains are usually associated with flexibility. However, in arginine kinase this is typically not the case. On the C-terminal end, there is an eight-stranded antiparallel β-sheet with seven α-helices flanking the sheet (Figure 1).[[Image:F1.large.jpg]][[Image:3M10 bio r 500.jpg]]
The structure of arginine kinase is mainly α-helical and contains an N-terminal region with a specificity loop for specific substrate binding.  (Figure 1b). However, when compared to creatine kinase, arginine kinase is not terminated at the N-terminal end with a pair of proline-glycine residues. Typically within creatine kinase, the proline molecules restrict changes in conformation and is the amino acid that terminates helices. The glycine chains are usually associated with flexibility. However, in arginine kinase this is typically not the case. On the C-terminal end, there is an eight-stranded antiparallel β-sheet with seven α-helices flanking the sheet (Figure 1).
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The small domain specificity loop forms a “specificity” pocket surrounding the methyl substituent of the guanidinium group that is unique to creatine substrates.  In this region, five residues differ between arginine and creatine kinases: 312, 314, 315, 317, and 319 <ref>Newsholme, E. A., Beis, I., Leech, A. R., & Zammit, V. A. (1978). The role of creatine
The small domain specificity loop forms a “specificity” pocket surrounding the methyl substituent of the guanidinium group that is unique to creatine substrates.  In this region, five residues differ between arginine and creatine kinases: 312, 314, 315, 317, and 319 <ref>Newsholme, E. A., Beis, I., Leech, A. R., & Zammit, V. A. (1978). The role of creatine