adenosine triphosphate

See also: adenosinetriphosphate

English

Noun

adenosine triphosphate (uncountable)

2. (biochemistry) A nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognized by purinergic receptors.

   Synonym: (initialism) ATP

Hypernyms

• adenylic acid
• adenosine phosphate
• phosphorylated adenosine

Related terms

• adenosine (A)
• phosphate
• adenosine phosphate
• adenosine monophosphate (AMP)
• adenosine diphosphate (ADP)

Translations

adenosine triphosphate

• Chinese: 三磷酸腺苷 (zh) (sān línsuān xiàngān)
• Finnish: adenosiinitrifosfaatti
• French: adénosine triphosphate
• German: Adenosintriphosphat (de) n
• Hungarian: adenozin-trifoszfát (hu)
• Indonesian: adenosina trifosfat
• Italian: adenosintrifosfato (it) m
• Japanese: アデノシン三リン酸 (アデノシン三燐酸, アデノシンさんりんさん, adenoshin sanrinsan)
• Polish: adenozynotrójfosforan (pl) m
• Portuguese: trifosfato de adenosina m
• Russian: аденозинтрифосфа́т (ru) (adenozintrifosfát)
• Spanish: trifosfato de adenosina (es) m, adenosín trifosfato (es) m
• Swedish: adenosintrifosfat (sv)
• Turkish: adenozin trifosfat
• Vietnamese: ađênôzin triphotphat

Further reading

• adenosine triphosphate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia