Definition of Oxidative phosphorylation

1. Noun. An enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP.


Medical Definition of Oxidative phosphorylation

1. The phosphorylation of ATP coupled to the respiratory chain. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidative Phosphorylation

oxidating
oxidation
oxidation-fermentation test
oxidation-reduction
oxidation-reduction electrode
oxidation-reduction indicator
oxidation-reduction potential
oxidation-reduction reaction
oxidation-reduction system
oxidation number
oxidation pond
oxidation state
oxidations
oxidative
oxidative metabolism
oxidative phosphorylation (current term)
oxidative stress
oxidatively
oxidator
oxidators
oxide
oxides
oxidic
oxidimetry
oxidisable
oxidisation
oxidise
oxidised
oxidised cellulose
oxidised glutathione

Literary usage of Oxidative phosphorylation

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

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"(The effect of smoking and alcohol on oxidative phosphorylation In mitochondria in the myocardium.) Bratislavske Lekarske Usty 90(3): 175-9, Mar 1989, ..."

2. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... has also been shown to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.182 presumably by competing with inorganic phosphate at one of the energy-conserving steps. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medi (1903)
"In contrast, cyanide completely abolished colchicine-induced capping in the alveolar macrophage, a cell dependent upon oxidative phosphorylation for energy, ..."

4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Endogenous oxidative stress can be the result of normal cellular metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation. The metabolism of substances by the P450 enzyme ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... should be addressed (c) for a review of current knowledge on the process of mitochondria! oxidative phosphorylation, sec G. Schatz, Angew. Chem. Intern. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"So also does the precise mechanism of participation of terpenoid quiñones in oxidative phosphorylation, despite the accumulation of an impressive body of ..."

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