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In Biology, the ATP molecule has the role of "universal energy currency" of living organisms. This can be explained in thermodynamic terms, such as: "The endergonic processes(those that require the input of energy) that maintain the living state are driven by the exergonic reactions (those that release energy) of nutrient oxidation". This coupling is most often mediated through the synthesis of a few types of "high-energy" intermediates whose exergonic consumption drives endergonic processes. These intermediates, therefore, form a sort of universal free energy "currency" through which free energy-producing reactions "pay for" the free energy-consuming processes in biological systems. ATP, which occurs in all known life forms, is the "high-energy" intermediate that constitutes the most common cellular energy currency. ATP is consumed in a variety of ways, such as 1) Early stages of nutrient breakdown; 2) interconversion of nucleoside triphosphates; 3) physiological processes, and 4) additional phosphoanydride cleavage in highly endergonic reactions.

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