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adenosine monophosphate (AMP) (ədĕn`əsēn mŏn'əfŏs`fāt), organic compound composed of an adenine adenine (ăd`ənĭn, –nīn, –nēn), organic base of the purine family.
..... Click the link for more information. base, the sugar ribose ribose (rī`bōs), monosaccharide carbohydrate of universal distribution in living tissue, found in ribonucleic acid (RNA; see nucleic
..... Click the link for more information. , and one phosphate unit. AMP is one of the possible products of the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (ədĕn`əsēn trī'fŏs`fāt)
..... Click the link for more information. (ATP) and is therefore important in the transfer of chemical energy during anabolism. Cyclic AMP, a very close structural relative of AMP containing an additional ester linkage between the phosphate and ribose units, can act as a secondary messenger for several hormones. It also plays a role in the transcription of some genes (see nucleic acid nucleic acid, any of a group of organic substances found in the chromosomes of living cells and viruses that play a central role in the storage and replication of hereditary information and in the expression of this information through protein synthesis.
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