The annelid phosphagens

Abstract

On the basis of behavior on hydrolysis, creatine phosphate was found in tissue extracts of Glycera convoluta, Eunice harrassi, Scholoplos armiger, Lumbriconereis impatiens, Hermione hystrix arginine phosphate was found in Nephthys hombergii, Leiochone clypeata, Amphitrite edwardsi, Polymnia nebulosa, Ophelia bicornis. Both were found in extracts of Nereis diversicolor, Glycera gigantea, Halosydna gelatinosa, Eulalia viridis, Travisia forbesii and Myxicola infundtbulum. By paper chromatography, the phosphagen in Glycera gigantea and Glycera convoluta was identified as creatine phosphate, in Arenicola marina as, taurocy-amine phosphate, in Nereis diversicolor as glycocyamine phosphate, and in Maia squinado as arginine phosphate.