ADENYLIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenylic acid mean? 

• ADENYLIC ACID (noun)
  The noun ADENYLIC ACID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ADENYLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENYLIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adenosine monophosphate; adenylic acid; AMP

Hypernyms ("adenylic acid" is a kind of...):

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