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No. ATP contains the pentose (five-carbon sugar) ribose.

ATP has the structure:

adenine - ribose - phosphate - phosphate - phosphate

With two phosphate groups, it would be ADP. With only one phosphate, it would be AMP, which is one of the nucleotides occurring in RNA.

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No. ATP is produced by the breakdown of glucose during cellular respiration.

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