ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenosine triphosphate mean? 

• ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (noun)
  The noun ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE has 1 sense:

1. a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions

  Familiarity information: ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adenosine triphosphate; ATP

Hypernyms ("adenosine triphosphate" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

 Context examples 

In addition, milk thistle may increase cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, exhibiting dose-dependent cardiac myocyte cytoprotection against doxorubicin.

(Milk thistle, NCI Thesaurus)

Cladribine triphosphate, a phosphorylated metabolite of cladribine, incorporates into DNA, resulting in single-strand breaks in DNA, depletion of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and apoptosis.

(Cladribine, NCI Thesaurus)

Competing with adenosine triphosphate, cediranib binds to and inhibits all three vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR-1,-2,-3) tyrosine kinases, thereby blocking VEGF-signaling, angiogenesis, and tumor cell growth.

(Cediranib maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Levalbuterol selectively binds to beta-2 adrenergic receptors in bronchial smooth muscle, thereby activating intracellular adenyl cyclase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

(Levalbuterol Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The activity of these enzymes creates an electrochemical gradient that is necessary for synthesis of adenosine triphosphate.

(Electron-Transport Chain of the Respiratory Enzymes, NCI Thesaurus)

Formoterol selectively binds to beta-2 adrenergic receptors in bronchial smooth muscle, thereby activating intracellular adenyl cyclase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

(Formoterol, NCI Thesaurus)

Fenoterol stimulates beta-2-adrenergic receptors in the lungs, thereby activating the enzyme adenylate cyclase that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

(Fenoterol, NCI Thesaurus)

This reaction, in addition to producing lactic acid, also produces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) that is then used in glycolysis to produce energy source adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

(Lactic Acid, DL-, NCI Thesaurus)

ATP Hydrolysis is the cleavage of a high-energy phosphate bond of adenosine triphosphate by the addition of water.

(ATP Hydrolysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Competing with adenosine triphosphate, erlotinib reversibly binds to the intracellular catalytic tyrosine kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).

(Carbon C 11 Erlotinib Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)