Definition of Adenosine monophosphate

1. Noun. A nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP.

Exact synonyms: Adenylic Acid, Amp
Generic synonyms: Base, Nucleotide

Definition of Adenosine monophosphate

1. Noun. (biochemistry) a nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Adenosine monophosphate

1. Adenylic acid. Adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety in the 2'-, 3'-, or 5'-position. Chemical name: 5'-Adenylic acid (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adenosine Monophosphate

adenosine 5'-diphosphate
adenosine 5'-phosphate
adenosine 5'-phosphoramidate hydrolase
adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate
adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase
adenosine 5'-triphosphate
adenosine cyclic phosphate
adenosine deaminase
adenosine diphosphate
adenosine diphosphate glucose
adenosine diphosphate ribose
adenosine diphosphate ribose cyclase
adenosine diphosphate sugars
adenosine diphosphoglucose glucohydrolase
adenosine kinase
adenosine monophosphate (current term)
adenosine nucleosidase
adenosine phosphosulfate
adenosine tetraphosphatase
adenosine tetraphosphate
adenosine triphosphatase
adenosine triphosphate
adenosines
adenosinetriphosphatase
adenosinetriphosphate
adenosis
adenosquamous
adenosquamous carcinoma
adenosyl
adenosylcobalamin

Literary usage of Adenosine monophosphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"8 May 1970 Cyclic adenosine monophosphate: Potassium-Dependent Action on Vascular ... Dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate and theophylline hyper- ..."

2. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"An Important Second Messenger System: Cyclic adenosine monophosphate In ... AC regulates intracellular levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). ..."

3. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"Guerrant, RL, Brunton, LL, Schnaitman, TC, Rebhun, LI, and Gilman, AG Cyclic adenosine monophosphate and alteration of Chinese hamster ovary cell ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... of histamine release is acid partly by increasing the cellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate 2). Anti-inflammatory steroids stim- nyl cyclase to ..."

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