1940 134 463 Since pyruvic acid was found to promote adenylic acid phosphorylation, any such intermediate must contain an energy-rich phosphate bond.
1962 I. Asimov xxi. 291 The two phosphate groups at the end away from the adenosine portion are more easily hydrolyzed than phosphate bonds generally are.
1992 Sept. 54/1 Its members interact with a neighboring membrane protein that cleaves a high-energy phosphate bond from guanosine triphosphate.