Question

ATP transports and releases energy within cells that can be used for many cellular processes. How does ATP make this energy available to the cell?

Answer 1

Answer:

Chemical energy that is stored in the food molecules such as sugars are converted into the chemical energy that is available for the cell to perform various cellular functions, it is stored in ATP known as the currency of the cell.

ATP has three phosphate groups attached to adenosine by a phosphoanhydride bond. When a cell requires energy it loses the third phosphate group and releases a huge amount of energy stored in the phosphoanhydride group and form ADP.

When the second phosphate group is lost by breaking the bond again energy is released again left AMP. The breaking of this bond takes place due to hydrolysis reaction