oxidative phosphorylation
Biochemistry
noun
The synthesis of ATP in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells from ADP and phosphate ions, which utilizes energy liberated in oxidative reactions.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Archives of Biochemistry.
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