oxidative phosphorylation

American  

noun

Biochemistry.

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

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oxidative phosphorylation British  

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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Etymology

Origin of oxidative phosphorylation

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

This difference can be used to predict a tumour’s response to inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation.

From Nature

After testing several compounds, they found one that stymies an enzyme necessary for oxidative phosphorylation.

From Science Magazine

These biological and biochemical characteristics are in contrast to those of cancer cells, which are proliferative and relatively undifferentiated, and prefer glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation as their primary mode of ATP generation.

From Nature

The hope is that 3BP specifically kills certain cancer cells—while leaving normal cells alone—because they rely more on glucose metabolism than on an alternative pathway called oxidative phosphorylation.

From Science Magazine

He will spend his short life in a wheelchair, his body in pain and his brain racked by seizuresdue to what is called mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorder.

From Washington Post