Lombricine is a phosphagen that is unique to earthworms. Structurally, it is a phosphodiester of 2-guanidinoethanol and D-serine (not the usual L-serine),[1] which is then further phosphorylated by lombricine kinase to phospholombricine.

References

  1. ^ Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603. PMC 1204840. PMID 13743749.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombricine
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