adenosine monophosphate

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   a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP

   SynonymsAMPadenylic acid

   Broadernucleotide

Questions about adenosine monophosphate

What does adenosine monophosphate mean?

adenosine monophosphate means "a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP".

What is another word for adenosine monophosphate?

Close synonyms include AMP, adenylic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adenosine monophosphate a common word?

adenosine monophosphate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.