Creatine Kinase Function. Creatine kinase, or CK, is a type of enzyme found within your muscles. It aids in the production of phosphocreatine, a molecule utilized by your muscles for energy. Injury to the membrane surrounding muscle cells allows CK to leak into the bloodstream.auses of Elevated Creatine Kinase. Injuries to the skeletal muscles often trigger high levels of CK-MM. These muscles are the type that most commonly comes to mind when we hear the word muscle.
Somatic Effects. Somatic effects are cell damages that pass on to succeeding cell generations. Radiation affects rates of cell division. Hastening and slowing down cell division affect embryonic tissues. Damages to cell membranes, mitochondria and cell nuclei result in abnormal cell functions, affecting their division, growth and death.
The effects of mutations Since all cells in our body contain DNA, there are lots of places for mutations to occur; however, some mutations cannot be passed on to offspring and do not matter for evolution. Somatic mutations occur in non-reproductive cells and won't be passed onto offspring. For example, the golden color on half of this Red Delicious apple was caused by a somatic mutation. Its seeds will not carry the mutation. The only mutations that matter to large-scale evolution are those that can be passed on to offspring. These occur in reproductive cells like eggs and sperm and are called germ line mutations. Effects of germ line mutations A single germ line mutation can have a range of effects: 1  No change occurs in phenotype. Some mutations don't have any noticeable effect on the phenotype of an organism. 2  Small change occurs in phenotype. A single mutation caused this cat's ears to curl backwards slightly. 3  Big change occurs in phenotype.