1. (carboxymethyl)-Guanidine
2. 2-[[Amino(imino)methyl]amino]acetate
3. 2-[[Amino(imino)methyl]amino]acetic acid
4. Betacyamine
5. Betasyamine
6. Glycocyamine
7. Guanidineacetate
8. Guanidineacetic acid
9. Guanidinoacetate
10. Guanidinoacetic acid
11. Guanidoacetate
12. Guanidoacetic acid
13. Guanidylacetate
14. Guanidylacetic acid
15. Guanyl glycine
16. N-Amidinoglycine
17. N-amidino-Glycine
18. [(aminoiminomethyl)amino]-Acetate
19. [(aminoiminomethyl)amino]-Acetic acid
20. a-Guanidinoacetate
21. a-Guanidinoacetic acid
22. b-Guanidinoacetate
23. b-Guanidinoacetic acid
24. alpha-Guanidinoacetate
25. alpha-Guanidinoacetic acid
26. beta-Guanidinoacetate
27. beta-Guanidinoacetic acid

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• Cytoplasm (Predicted from LogP)

• Blood
• Cellular Cytoplasm
• Cerebrospinal Fluid
• Urine

1. Schulze A: Creatine deficiency syndromes. Mol Cell Biochem. 2003 Feb;244(1-2):143-50. [PubMed ]
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1. Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase
2. Glycine amidinotransferase, mitochondrial

MSAPSATPIFAPGENCSPAWGAAPAAYDAADTHLRILGKPVMERWETPYMHALAAAASSK
GGRVLEVGFGMAIAASKVQEAPIDEHWIIECNDGVFQRLRDWAPRQTHKVIPLKGLWEDV
APTLPDGHFDGILYDTYPLSEETWHTHQFNFIKNHAFRLLKPGGVLTYCNLTSWGELMKS
KYSDITIMFEETQVPALLEAGFRRENIRTEVMALVPPADCRYYAFPQMITPLVTKG

• Arginine and Proline Metabolism (map00330 )
• Glycine, Serine and Threonine Metabolism (map00260 )

• S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanidinoacetate = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + creatine [RN:R01883]

• None

• None

ATGAGCGCCCCCAGCGCGACCCCCATCTTCGCGCCCGGCGAGAACTGCAGCCCCGCGTGG
GGGGCGGCGCCCGCGGCCTACGACGCAGCGGACACGCACCTGCGCATCCTGGGCAAGCCG
GTGATGGAGCGCTGGGAGACCCCCTATATGCACGCGCTGGCCGCCGCCGCCTCCTCCAAA
GGGGGCCGGGTCCTGGAGGTGGGCTTTGGCATGGCCATCGCAGCGTCAAAGGTGCAGGAG
GCGCCCATTGATGAGCATTGGATCATCGAGTGCAATGACGGCGTCTTCCAGCGGCTCCGG
GACTGGGCCCCACGGCAGACACACAAGGTCATCCCCTTGAAAGGCCTGTGGGAGGATGTG
GCACCCACCCTGCCTGACGGTCACTTTGATGGGATCCTGTACGACACGTACCCACTCTCG
GAGGAGACCTGGCACACACACCAGTTCAACTTCATCAAGAACCACGCCTTTCGCCTGCTG
AAGCCGGGGGGCGTCCTCACCTACTGCAACCTCACCTCCTGGGGGGAGCTGATGAAGTCC
AAGTACTCAGACATCACCATCATGTTTGAGGAGACGCAGGTGCCCGCGCTGCTGGAGGCC
GGCTTCCGGAGGGAGAACATCCGTACGGAGGTGATGGCGCTGGTCCCACCGGCCGACTGC
CGCTACTACGCCTTCCCACAGATGATCACGCCCCTGGTGACCAAAGGCTGA

1. Isbrandt D, von Figura K: Cloning and sequence analysis of human guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase cDNA. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 Dec 27;1264(3):265-7. [PubMed ]
2. Jenne DE, Olsen AS, Zimmer M: The human guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) gene maps to a syntenic region on 19p13.3, homologous to band C of mouse chromosome 10, but GAMT is not mutated in jittery mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 Sep 29;238(3):723-7. [PubMed ]
3. Grimwood J, Gordon LA, Olsen A, Terry A, Schmutz J, Lamerdin J, Hellsten U, Goodstein D, Couronne O, Tran-Gyamfi M, Aerts A, Altherr M, Ashworth L, Bajorek E, Black S, Branscomb E, Caenepeel S, Carrano A, Caoile C, Chan YM, Christensen M, Cleland CA, Copeland A, Dalin E, Dehal P, Denys M, Detter JC, Escobar J, Flowers D, Fotopulos D, Garcia C, Georgescu AM, Glavina T, Gomez M, Gonzales E, Groza M, Hammon N, Hawkins T, Haydu L, Ho I, Huang W, Israni S, Jett J, Kadner K, Kimball H, Kobayashi A, Larionov V, Leem SH, Lopez F, Lou Y, Lowry S, Malfatti S, Martinez D, McCready P, Medina C, Morgan J, Nelson K, Nolan M, Ovcharenko I, Pitluck S, Pollard M, Popkie AP, Predki P, Quan G, Ramirez L, Rash S, Retterer J, Rodriguez A, Rogers S, Salamov A, Salazar A, She X, Smith D, Slezak T, Solovyev V, Thayer N, Tice H, Tsai M, Ustaszewska A, Vo N, Wagner M, Wheeler J, Wu K, Xie G, Yang J, Dubchak I, Furey TS, DeJong P, Dickson M, Gordon D, Eichler EE, Pennacchio LA, Richardson P, Stubbs L, Rokhsar DS, Myers RM, Rubin EM, Lucas SM: The DNA sequence and biology of human chromosome 19. Nature. 2004 Apr 1;428(6982):529-35. [PubMed ]
4. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7. [PubMed ]
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1. L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase
2. Transamidinase

MLRVRCLRGGSRGAEAVHYIGSRLGRTLTGWVQRTFQSTQAATASSRNSCAADDKATEPL
PKDCPVSSYNEWDPLEEVIVGRAENACVPPFTIEVKANTYEKYWPFYQKQGGHYFPKDHL
KKAVAEIEEMCNILKTEGVTVRRPDPIDWSLKYKTPDFESTGLYSAMPRDILIVVGNEII
EAPMAWRSRFFEYRAYRSIIKDYFHRGAKWTTAPKPTMADELYNQDYPIHSVEDRHKLAA
QGKFVTTEFEPCFDAADFIRAGRDIFAQRSQVTNYLGIEWMRRHLAPDYRVHIISFKDPN
PMHIDATFNIIGPGIVLSNPDRPCHQIDLFKKAGWTIITPPTPIIPDDHPLWMSSKWLSM
NVLMLDEKRVMVDANEVPIQKMFEKLGITTIKVNIRNANSLGGGFHCWTCDVRRRGTLQS
YLD

• Arginine and Proline Metabolism (map00330 )
• Glycine, Serine and Threonine Metabolism (map00260 )

• L-arginine + glycine = L-ornithine + guanidinoacetate [RN:R00565]

• None

• None

ATGCTGCGGGTGCGGTGTCTGCGCGGCGGGAGCCGCGGCGCCGAGGCGGTGCACTACATC
GGATCTCGGCTTGGACGAACCTTGACAGGATGGGTGCAGCGAACTTTCCAGAGCACCCAG
GCAGCTACGGCTTCCTCCCGGAACTCCTGTGCAGCTGACGACAAAGCCACTGAGCCTCTG
CCCAAGGACTGCCCTGTCTCTTCTTACAACGAATGGGACCCCTTAGAGGAAGTGATAGTG
GGCAGAGCAGAAAACGCCTGTGTTCCACCGTTCACCATCGAGGTGAAGGCCAACACATAT
GAAAAGTACTGGCCATTTTACCAGAAGCAAGGAGGGCATTATTTTCCCAAAGATCATTTG
AAAAAGGCTGTTGCTGAAATTGAAGAAATGTGCAATATTTTAAAAACGGAAGGAGTGACA
GTAAGGAGGCCTGACCCCATTGACTGGTCATTGAAGTATAAAACTCCTGATTTTGAGTCT
ACGGGTTTATACAGTGCAATGCCTCGAGACATCCTGATAGTTGTGGGCAATGAGATTATC
GAGGCTCCCATGGCATGGCGTTCACGCTTCTTTGAGTACCGAGCGTACAGGTCAATTATC
AAAGACTACTTCCACCGTGGCGCCAAGTGGACAACAGCTCCTAAGCCCACAATGGCTGAT
GAGCTTTATAACCAGGATTATCCCATCCACTCTGTAGAAGACAGACACAAATTGGCTGCT
CAGGGAAAATTTGTGACAACTGAGTTTGAGCCATGCTTTGATGCTGCTGACTTCATTCGA
GCTGGAAGAGATATTTTTGCACAGAGAAGCCAGGTTACAAACTACCTAGGCATTGAATGG
ATGCGTAGGCATCTTGCTCCAGACTACAGAGTGCATATCATCTCCTTTAAAGATCCCAAT
CCCATGCATATTGATGCTACCTTCAACATCATTGGACCTGGTATTGTGCTTTCCAACCCT
GACCGACCATGTCACCAGATTGATCTTTTCAAGAAAGCAGGATGGACTATCATTACTCCT
CCAACACCAATCATCCCAGACGATCATCCACTCTGGATGTCATCCAAATGGCTTTCCATG
AATGTCTTAATGCTAGATGAAAAACGTGTTATGGTGGATGCCAATGAAGTTCCAATTCAA
AAGATGTTTGAAAAGCTGGGTATCACTACCATTAAAGTTAACATTCGTAATGCCAATTCC
CTGGGAGGAGGCTTCCATTGCTGGACCTGCGATGTCCGGCGCCGAGGCACCCTACAGTCC
TACTTGGACTGA

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