ATP: the energy currency
Why?
ATP carries energy in cells: breaking off its third phosphate releases energy, and respiration rebuilds it.
An ATP molecule is a battery with three phosphate beads; snapping off the last bead releases a flash that powers a muscle fibre.
Press the button to spend an ATP and then recharge it.
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A cell recycles the same ATP thousands of times a day, recharging ADP back to ATP in the mitochondria like a rechargeable battery.
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