oxidative phosphorylation


nounBiochemistry.
  1. the aerobic synthesis, coupled to electron transport, of ATP from phosphate and ADP.

Origin of oxidative phosphorylation

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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British Dictionary definitions for oxidative phosphorylation

oxidative phosphorylation

noun
  1. the process by which the energy liberated by oxidation of metabolites is used to synthesize the energy-rich molecule ATP

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