adenosine triphosphate
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- noun
- /ˌædəˈnoʊsiːn traɪˈfɔːsfeɪt/
- Specialized
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trifosfato de adenosina
- Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is commonly referred to as the energy currency of the cell.
- adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
- energy from adenosine triphosphate
And the end product of that mostly is ATP, adenosine triphosphate, which is your body's energy currency.
- And the end product of that mostly is ATP, adenosine triphosphate, which is your body's energy currency.
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate or also known as ATP or energy chemical.
Examples
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Every step of the motor involves the hydrolytic conversion of chemical energy from adenosine triphosphate into mechanical work.
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And the end product of that mostly is ATP, adenosine triphosphate, which is your body's energy currency.
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And what we do is we need adenosine triphosphate to activate this for chemistry.
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Because it increases the production of adenosine triphosphate, which is used by muscles for short, powerful bursts, it helps increase performance in explosive activities.
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ATP, adenosine triphosphate or also known as ATP or energy chemical.
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Mitochondria produce adenosine triphosphate or ATP, the main energy source for all cellular processes.
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And certainly ATP, adenosine triphosphate is a very important molecule for biological energy transduction.
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is used as an energy source assisting in the sliding of the filaments past each other, creating actin-myosin cross bridges.
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An adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay can satisfy the need to detect the presence of viable spores in near real time.
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During cellular respiration, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is generated to provide energy for various biochemical processes.
Synonyms
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A chemical in cells that gives energy for many things cells do
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is a straightforward chemical compound name composed of 'adenosine' + 'triphosphate', so a learner who knows these constituents can infer it denotes an adenosine molecule bearing three phosphate groups. Chemical naming is compositional and cross-linguistically consistent, so although the specific energetic role may require biology background, the basic referent is transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The name adenosine triphosphate comes from its parts: adenosine is the small molecule core and triphosphate means three linked phosphate pieces. Those three phosphate pieces act like three little batteries, and when one breaks off the cell gets energy, so the molecule is called the cell's 'energy currency'.