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triphosphate

American  
[trahy-fos-fayt] / traɪˈfɒs feɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.


Etymology

Origin of triphosphate

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + phosphate


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In the field of cancer immunotherapy, it has long been known that T cells are not able to create their cellular energy, called adenosine triphosphate or ATP, when they are inside of a solid tumor.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2024

Integral to the research is CPT, or cytidine triphosphate, and its role in the binding process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2023

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

The answer lies with an energy- supplying molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.

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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