Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt or ester containing three phosphate groups.
- noun A pentavalent ion, P3O105−, used as a ligand and chelating agent.
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- noun chemistry Any
salt orester containing threephosphate groups. - noun chemistry Any salt or ester of
triphosphoric acid .
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Examples
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The DNA polymerase, which isn't shown, is able to add additional nucleotides (a sugar + base combination) under two conditions: they're in the "triphosphate" form, with three phosphate groups in a row, and they base pair successfully with the complementary strand.
Ars Technica 2009
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Have you ever heard of adenosine triphosphate, ATP?
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, was first discovered in muscles by Otto Meyerhof's assistant
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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The compound was adenosine triphosphate, commonly referred to today as ATP.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Animals get energy by eating carbohydrates and oxidizing them in a series of enzyme catalyzed reactions that are coupled to the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Have you ever heard of adenosine triphosphate, ATP?
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Have you ever heard of adenosine triphosphate, ATP?
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The treatment increases adenosine triphosphate, a molecule used for energy in the muscle, says Dr. Perricone, adding that a more youthful appearance is seen after the first treatment.
Probing Newfangled Facials Laura Johannes 2011
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Have you ever heard of adenosine triphosphate, ATP?
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and ADP (adenosine diphosphate), the main energy carriers in living cells, and he determined the structure of vitamin B12 (cf. Section 3.5) and of FAD
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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