triphosphate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of triphosphate
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Although creatine is best known for helping muscles rapidly regenerate adenosine triphosphate, the molecule that powers cells, the brain also depends heavily on this energy system.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
This prompts the cell to generate ATP, or adenosine triphosphate: the basic source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
The body stores and burns energy by perpetually making and breaking the phosphate bonds found in the cell’s little cash machines, its adenosine triphosphate molecules, better known as ATP.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is the primary energy currency in cells; ATP stores energy in phosphate ester bonds.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In particular, he found that four triphosphate components and a small amount of the end product as a “template” had to be present for the enzymatic synthesis.
From History of Phosphorus by Eduard Farber
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