A high-energy compound found in muscle cells which is used to convert ADP into ATP by donating phosphate molecules to the ADP. (ATP is the molecule which is converted into ADP with a release of energy that the body then uses.)

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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