أرشيف الوسم : diphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

A coenzyme and one of the most impor­tant compounds in the metabolism of all organisms, since it serves as a coupling agent between different enzymatic reactions. Adenosine triphosphate is adenosine diphos­phate (ADP) with an additional phosphate group attached through a pyrophosphate linkage to the terminal phosphate group (see illustration). ATP is a powerful donor of phosphate groups to suitable acceptors …

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