SUMMARY1. Adenosine 5'-phosphate is converted into ATP by the combined action of adenylate kinase (adenosine triphosphate-adenosine monophosphate phosphotransferase) and creatine kinase (adenosine triphosphate-creatine phosphotransferase) in the presence of phosphocreatine, according to the equation:AMP + 2 phosphocreatine -+ ATP + 2 creatine.The conversion is not prevented as a result of treatment of the kinases with charcoal and Dowex 1 (CF-form) to remove nucleotides.2. It has been confirmed that neither creatine kinase nor adenylate kinase catalyses the direct phosphorylation of AMP by phosphocreatine.3. It appears that reaction occurs because crystalline creatine kinase contains a sufficient amount of ATP, even after treatment with charcoal and Dowex 1, to prime an autocatalytic system consisting of these reactions:AMP + ATP -+2 ADP and ADP + phosphocreatine -+ ATP + creatine (catalysed by adenylate kinase and creatine kinase respectively).