Why is ATP a high energy structure?

Answer 1

ATP is a molecule with three phosphate groups attached to a DNA base (A). the third and second phosphate are often removed in chemical reactions and the energy released from breaking these bonds is carefully channelled to catalyse other chemical reactions in the cell.

ATP is also kept away from equilibrium of its chemical reaction, meaning in the cells there are many more molecules of ATP products made when phosphates are removed to give ADP or AMP:

ATP <-----> ADP + Phosphate

ATP <-----> AMP + Di phosphate (2 phosphates)

By the cell maintaining ATP at high concentrations and ADP and AMP at low concentrations the energy released from breaking ATP down to ADP or AMP is much larger than if there were equal amounts of ATP, ADP and AMP. This is why ATP is said to contain energy, like pushing a Bowling ball to the top of a hill and then letting it roll down ATP releases energy when it is turned into its products.

Answer 2

ATP releases a relatively large amount of energy during hydrolysis of the terminal di-phosphate bond. This bond is high energy because of relative charge repulsion between the highly negative phosphate atoms.

Answer 3

ATP or adenosine triphosphate stores a lot of energy in the covalent bonds between the atoms, it contains many of these which when broken down release energy.

This is why plants store energy as starch. Starch is a large molecule of many covalent bonds, that again when broken release energy.

the phosphate atoms are charged. charged particles do not like to stay close to each other and so there is enormous energy trapped in their bonds

Answer 4

Unlike other energy sources, such as glucose, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is a short-term energy boost to the cell. ATP is ineffective for long-term energy storage.

Because of this, ATP has large amounts of energy that is released when it is turned into ADP, which is useful for chemical reactions that require high energy charges within the cell. ATP is analogous to a fully-charged battery, which can sustain large amounts of energy in little time, but does not last long. In effect, ATP is mainly used for quick reactions while other sources, such as glucose, is used for energy storage.

Answer 5

ATP is a high-energy molecule because it contains three phosphate groups that have a high energy bond. When these bonds are broken during cellular processes, energy is released for various metabolic activities. This energy release is used for processes like muscle contraction, active transport, and protein synthesis.

Answer 6

ATP has 3 phosphate groups.They are negatively charged.So bonds between them are unstable.Energy can be stored between them.

Answer 7

There are three phosphate groups. Last bond is unstable due to repulsion ofnegative groups. So high amount of energy can be stored

Answer 8

yes