ADP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ADP mean? 

• ADP (noun)
  The noun ADP has 2 senses:

1. an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage

2. data processing by a computer

  Familiarity information: ADP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adenosine diphosphate; ADP

Hypernyms ("ADP" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Data processing by a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

ADP; automatic data processing

Hypernyms ("ADP" is a kind of...):

data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ADP"):

EDP; electronic data processing (automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes)

IDP; integrated data processing (automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system)

 Context examples 

Anagrelide inhibits cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, as well as ADP- and collagen-induced platelet aggregation.

(Anagrelide, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found that poly(ADP ribose), or PAR, a molecule normally associated with DNA repair, also drives the bone-like calcification of arteries.

(Cause of hardening of the arteries – and potential treatment – identified, University of Cambridge)

Upon internalization, DT catalyzes ADP ribosylation of elongation factor 2 (EF-2) which may result in the irreversible inhibition of protein synthesis and cell death in CD19- and CD22-expressing tumor cells.

(Anti-CD19/Anti-CD22 Bispecific Immunotoxin DT2219ARL, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon internalization, the Pseudomonas exotoxin A moiety then inactivates elongation factor 2 (EF-2) through ADP ribosylation, resulting in inhibition of protein synthesis in EP-2-expressing cells.

(Anti-EGP-2 Immunotoxin MOC31-PE, NCI Thesaurus)

Agonists such as ADP, thrombin, epinephrine and collagen activate the release of APP and plasminogen activator inhibitor I (an important regulator of coagulation) from platelet storage granules.

(Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A protein domain that binds ATP and catalyzes its convertion to ADP and inorganic phosphate.

(ATPase Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human SLC25A5 Gene (Mitochondrial Carrier Family), 298-aa 33-kDa homodimeric integral membrane protein Adenine Nucleotide Translocator-2 contains 3 Solcar repeats and catalyzes ADP/ATP exchange of across the inner mitochondrial membrane.

(Adenine Nucleotide Translocator-2, NCI Thesaurus)

ADP may enhance spread and oncolytic activity of replication-competent adenoviruses.

(Ad5-yCD/mutTK(SR39)rep-ADP, NCI Thesaurus)

Monomeric actin, a slow ATPase composed of a 375 amino acid polypeptide chain, interacts with one molecule of ATP or ADP and contains high affinity and low affinity binding sites for divalent cations.

(Actin, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated platelets release adenosine diphosphate (ADP), serotonin (5-HT), and thromboxane A2 (TXA2), which activate additional platelets.

(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)