What is the function of adenosine triphosphate in a cell?

Answer 1

ATP stands for adenosine Di-phosphate.

When cells need energy,then ATP can be broken down using water to release energy.

It contain tri phosphate (three phosphate groups )

Answer 2

ATP (adenosine triphosphate), contains three phosphate groups linked through phosphoanhydride bonds. To spell this out, a phosphate group is a phosphorus atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms. An phosphoanhydride is a bond in which one oxygen is shared by two phosphorus atoms of different phosphates, acting as a link between them. So the anhydride looks like this: P-O-P, with three additional oxygens bound to each phosphorus. Now the phosphoanydride bond is very high in potential energy. Phosphate groups have a large negative charge and like charges repel, so the phosphates do not like being next to each other. However, the anhydride bond locks them together. Naturally, though, this takes work and so you have to put in some energy in order to form this bond. Once the bond is broken though, the phosphates quite happily break apart from one another, releasing that energy which was put in order to keep them together. Imagine a spring: in order to compress it with your hands it takes energy. However, once you allow the spring to return to its preferred state, it will exert a force on your hands, pushing them apart. It's a similar idea with ATP.

In addition, the energy from ATP is often funneled down to many subsequent reactions by transfer of phosphates (a process called phosphorylation). With this, initial energy is released from the removal of a phosphate from ATP. However, some of this energy is devopted to attaching the free phosphate to another molecule, reforming the phosphoanhydride somewhere else. While, this too is a high energy bond, it is somewhat weaker than ATPs since some energy went towards producing. This process of removing the phosphate and releasing energy followed by attaching the phosphate to another molecule utilizing some of that energy continues until there simply is not enough energy left to do any meaningful work.

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Answer 3

The function of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is to store a large amount of energy for cell processes.

Answer 4

Adenosine triphosphate, known as ATP, supplies energy that fuels cell activities. It is called the primary energy currency of the cell.

Answer 5

ENERGY