oxidative phosphorylation

1. 1.

   an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP

   Broaderorganic process

   Part ofKrebs cycle

Questions about oxidative phosphorylation

What does oxidative phosphorylation mean?

oxidative phosphorylation means "an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP".

Is oxidative phosphorylation a common word?

oxidative phosphorylation 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.