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oxidative phosphorylation

noun

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


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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Origin of oxidative phosphorylation1

First recorded in 1950–55

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