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triphosphate

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[trahy-fos-feyt] / traɪˈfɒs feɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.


Etymology

Origin of triphosphate

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + phosphate

Example Sentences

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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

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

When a hormone binds to the receptor, the G-protein is activated by binding guanosine triphosphate, or GTP, in place of GDP.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Although it’s not yet clear just what scientists will do with this 26-atom rotary motor, a larger biological analog uses rotational motion to generate adenosine triphosphate, the fuel used by cells to do work.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 5, 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 Farber, Eduard