A compound containing an adenyl group bonded to a pyrophosphate group, related to adenosine nucleotides and energy metabolism.
From 'adenyl' + 'pyro-' (fire, heat) + 'phosphate', a biochemical compound name describing the molecular structure of this high-energy molecule.
This is a relic word for what we now call ADP (adenosine diphosphate)—the 'used' form of ATP after it's released its energy; old chemical terminology sometimes created longer names for molecules we now call by simpler abbreviations.
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