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  • Title: Theoretical support for the heart phosphocreatine energy transport shuttle based on the intracellular diffusion limited mobility of ADP.
    Author: Jacobus WE.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1985 Dec 31; 133(3):1035-41. PubMed ID: 4084301.
    Abstract:
    Flux rates for phosphate metabolites were calculated using the equation for radial diffusion, assuming heart intracellular conditions and a 5% concentration gradient. The data show that while the flux of phosphocreatine is about 3 times faster than ATP, both are more than two orders of magnitude greater than the known maximum rate of ATP utilization. In contrast, since the concentration of free ADP is very low, its flux is below the maximum rate of ATP turnover, while the flux of creatine is almost 3 orders of magnitude greater than ADP. The data suggest that the rate of high-energy phosphate production could be limited by ADP diffusion, with creatine thus substituting as the primary cytoplasmic-mitochondrial phosphate acceptor.
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