Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adenosine_triphosphate

1 sense of adenosine triphosphate

Sense 1
adenosine triphosphate, ATP -- (a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions)
       => nucleotide, base -- (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))