high-energy phosphates

(redirected from energy-rich phosphates)

high-en·er·gy phos·phates

those phosphate esters and phosphoanhydrides that, on hydrolysis, yield an unusually large amount of energy, for example, nucleotide polyphosphates such as ATP, enol phosphates such as phosphoenolpyruvate.
See also: high-energy compounds.

Synonym(s): energy-rich phosphates

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high-en·er·gy phos·phates

(hī-en'ĕr-jē fos'fāts)

Those phosphate esters and phosphoanhydrides that, on hydrolysis, yield an unusually large amount of energy; e.g., nucleotide polyphosphates such as ATP, and enol phosphates such as phosphoenolpyruvate.
See also: high-energy compounds

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In contrast to normoxia it must be assumed for any kind of hypoxia that there will be a stress situation for the inner ear when the receptor cells are exposed to noise since hearing is an energy-consuming process with more energy needed at high noise levels and the reservoir of energy-rich phosphates (ATP) of the cells of the stria vascularis is limited (1).