How is ADP different from ATP?
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Answer:
The correct answer is: ADP has one less phosphate group and stores less energy.
Explanation:
- ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate. It possesses three phosphates groups linked together by two phosphoanhydride bonds.
- ADP: Adenosine Diphosphate. It possesses two phosphate groups linked together by one phosphoanhydride bond.
- ATP or ADP stores energy in the form of their phosphoanhydride bonds (bond between two phosphate groups).
- ADP possess one phosphoanhydride bond while ATP possess two phosphoanhydride bonds, so ADP stores less energy than ATP.
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