ATP is not generated directly in the citric acid cycle. Instead, an intermediate is first generated by substrate-level phosphorylation. The intermediate is GTP.
<h3>What is GTP?</h3>
A purine nucleoside triphosphate is guanosine-5'-triphosphate.
It serves as one of the components necessary for the creation of RNA during transcription.
The main distinction between its structure and that of the guanosine nucleoside is the presence of phosphates on the ribose sugar of nucleotides like GTP.
Also known as guanosine triphosphate, this energy-dense nucleotide is similar to ATP and is made up of guanine, ribose, and three phosphate groups.
It is required for the creation of peptide bonds during protein synthesis.
Adenine nitrogenous base, sugar ribose, and triphosphate make up ATP, a nucleoside triphosphate, whereas guanine nitrogenous base, sugar ribose, and triphosphate make up GTP.
This is the main distinction between the two compounds.
The alpha-guanosine subunit's diphosphate (GDP) is converted into guanosine triphosphate (GTP), and the GTP-bound alpha-subunit subsequently separates from the beta- and gamma-subunits.
A planet in our solar system is like the earth it is stable to live on but anything can happen while you are on it but and a dwarf planet it is not for everyday life so humans can not live on a dwarf planet like they could on one in the solar system