ATP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ATP mean? 

• ATP (noun)
  The noun ATP has 1 sense:

1. a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions

  Familiarity information: ATP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adenosine triphosphate; ATP

Hypernyms ("ATP" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes adenylate cyclase type 9 protein, plays a role in the formation of cyclic AMP from ATP.

(ADCY9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Recently, mTOR was also found to act as an ATP sensor to regulate cell growth.

(mTOR Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

When ATP supplies are abundant, the acetyl-CoA can be diverted to other purposes like energy storage in the form of fatty acids.

(Acetyl Group Shuttle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Olivomycin inhibits mitochondrial H+-ATP synthase.

(Olivomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

These proteins were initially thought to affect the permeability of cells to drugs, but they were later found to be pumps that remove drugs from cells at the cost of ATP hydrolysis.

(Multi-Drug Resistance Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

MEK inhibitor MEK162, noncompetitive with ATP, binds to and inhibits the activity of MEK1/2.

(MEK Inhibitor MEK162, NCI Thesaurus)

These enzymes catalyze the formation of cyclic AMP and pyrophosphate from ATP and are regulated by a family of G protein-coupled receptors, protein kinases, and calcium.

(Adenylate Cyclase, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a regulatory role in muscle contraction and the required ATP hydrolysis.

(MYH11 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

P-glycoproteins act as pumps able to extrude drugs from cells at the cost of ATP hydrolysis.

(Multidrug Resistance Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in ATP catabolism.

(ABCF2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)