CAMP

This page is about the cellular messenger. For the aesthetic, see Camp (aesthetic).

CAMP is cyclic form of the nucleotide Adenine-monophosphate. It is a common secondary messenger in cellular signal transduction pathways.

Quotations

• The adenine-ribose combination is seen frequently enough to get a simpler name adenosine. This battery pack is called cyclic adenosine mono phosphate (mono because there is just one phosphate) or cAMP.