Energy currency

Ill these simultaneous reactions, die energy released when the complex molecule AB is broken down is immediately used to build a molecule of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from a molecule of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and an inorganic phosphate (P,). ATP is a high energy compound. It is called the energy currency of the body because once it is formed, it provides energy that the body can spend later to drive vital reactions in cells (Figure 1). 

HIGH-ENERGY PHOSPHATES ACT AS THE "ENERGY CURRENCY" OF THE CELL... 

ATP acts as the energy currency of the cell, transferring free energy derived from substances of higher energy potential to those of lower energy potential. 

The only element that was discovered in body fluids (urine). This is plausible, as P plays a main role in all life processes. It is one of the five elements that make up DNA (besides C, H, N, and 0 evolution did not require anything else to code all life). The P-O-P bond, phosphoric acid anhydride, is the universal energy currency in cells. The skeletons of mammals consists of Ca phosphate (hydroxylapatite). The element is encountered in several allotropic modifications white phosphorus (soft, pyrophoric P4, very toxic), red phosphorus (nontoxic, used to make the striking surface of matchboxes), black phosphorus (formed under high pressures). Phosphates are indispensable as fertilizer, but less desirable in washing agents as the waste water is too concentrated with this substance (eutrophication). It has a rich chemistry, is the basis for powerful insecticides, but also for warfare agents. A versatile element. 

During periods of recovery following exercise, creatine phosphate is regenerated at the expense of ATP synthesized from mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation energy currency is paid into a reserve account, or reservoir, for the next period of sustained exercise. 

Citric acid gives its name to citrus fruits (lemons, Umes, oranges), all of which contain high concentrations of this acid. Citric acid is also a principal player in the metabolism of carbohydrates and the generation of ATP, the energy currency of the cell. 

All eukaryotic cells possess subcellular organelles known as mitochondria. The central function of the mitochondria, though not the only one, is to produce ATP, the cellular energy currency, coupled to the oxidation of food-derived molecules. 

A central consequence of glycolysis is the production of limited quantities of ATP, the energy currency of the cell. Specifically, the sum total of the glycolytic pathway from D-glucose to lactate is ... 

ATP a molecule that serves as the energy currency of the cell. 

Like the electrons in a platinum wire ATP can act as an energy currency and link energetically systems of widely different redox potentials.. . The oxidative stages in which oxygen is the final oxidising agent are all complex reactions. 

ATP is a crucial intermediate for cells to maintain normal activities without a minimum level, the cell will die as systems will fail. ATP is the energy currency of the cell and is required for the synthesis of many substances such as macromolecules for structural and functional purposes, which the cell needs, but also for processes such as cell division, maintenance of the correct ionic balance, muscular and electrical activity, ciliary movement, membrane transporters, and specific ion channels. 

Nucleotides have a variety of roles in cellular metabolism. They are the energy currency in metabolic transactions, the essential chemical links in the response of cells to hormones and other extracellular stimuli, and the structural components of an array of enzyme cofactors and metabolic intermediates. And, last but certainly not least, they are the constituents of nucleic acids deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (ENA), the molecular repositories of genetic information. The structure of every protein, and ultimately of every biomolecule and cellular component, is a product of information programmed into the nucleotide sequence of a cell s nucleic acids. The ability to store and transmit genetic information from one generation to the next is a fundamental condition for life. 

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