Adenosine Monophosphate

Definition: Adenosine Monophosphate

Adenosine Monophosphate

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Adenosine Monophosphate

Domain	Definitions
Health	Adenylic acid. Adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety in the 2'-, 3'-, or 5'-position. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Specialty Definition: Adenosine monophosphate

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Adenosine monophosphate, also known as AMP, is the product of adenosine condensation with a single phosphate ion:

AMP can be produced during ATP synthesis by the enzyme adenylate kinase by combining two ADP molecules:

2 ADP → ATP + AMP

Or AMP may be produced by the hydrolysis of one high energy phosphate bond of ADP:

ADP → AMP + P_i

AMP can also be formed by hydrolysis of ATP into AMP and pyrophosphate:

ATP → AMP + PP_i

When RNA is broken down by living systems, nucleoside monophosphates, including adenosine monophosphate, are formed.

AMP can be regenerated to ATP as follows:

AMP + ATP → 2 ADP (adenylate kinase in the opposite direction)

2 ADP + 2 P_i → 2 ATP (this step is most often performed in aerobes by the ATP synthase during oxidative phosphorylation)

AMP can be converted into IMP by the enzyme myoadenylate deaminase, freeing an ammonia group.

In a catabolic pathway, adenosine monophosphate can be converted to uric acid, which is excreted from the body.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adenosine monophosphate."

Top

Synonyms: Adenosine Monophosphate

Synonyms: adenylic acid (n), amp (n). (additional references)

Top

Crosswords: Adenosine Monophosphate

Specialty definitions using "adenosine monophosphate": 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate ♦ tocladesine ♦ Vidarabine Phosphate. (references)

Top

Photo Album: Adenosine Monophosphate

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Molecular structure of adenosine monophosphate.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Expression: Adenosine Monophosphate

Expression using "adenosine monophosphate": 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adenosine Monophosphate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
adenosine monophosphate	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Modern Translations: Adenosine Monophosphate

Language		Translations for "adenosine monophosphate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		AMP (adenosine 5'-monophosphate), adenosinmonofosfat (adenosine 5'-monophosphate), adenosin-5'-monofosfat (adenosine 5'-monophosphate). (various references)

Dutch		adenosinemonofosfaat. (various references)

Finnish		adenosiinimonofosfaatti (adenosine 5'-monophosphate). (various references)

French		AMP (adenosine 5'-monophosphate), adénosine monophosphate. (various references)

German		AMP, Adenosinmonophosphat (adenosine monophosphoric acid, adenosine-monophosphate). (various references)

Greek		μονοφωσφορική αδενοσίνη. (various references)

Italian		adenosina monofosfato. (various references)

Pig Latin		adenosineay onophosphatemay

Spanish		AMP, adenosina monofosfato. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.