{"id":185,"date":"2022-03-05T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=185"},"modified":"2022-04-28T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:26:17","slug":"adenosine-triphosphate-atp","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/chapter\/adenosine-triphosphate-atp\/","title":{"raw":"Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)","rendered":"Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)"},"content":{"raw":"<a id=\"chapter5-atp\"><\/a>One biologically important nucleotide that is not incorporated into DNA or RNA is adenosine triphosphate or ATP. ATP is a nucleotide because it consists of the pentose sugar ribose, the nitrogenous base adenine, and three phosphate groups. ATP is a form of energy currency within cells. When cells perform exergonic, catabolic reactions, the energy released is stored as chemical potential energy in ATP. When cells are ready to use that energy to perform endergonic, anabolic reactions, the energy is released from ATP by <strong>hydrolyzing the bonds in ATP molecules<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_475\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"]<img class=\"wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-300x300.png\" alt=\"Figure 21: ATP synthesis and hydrolysis in dynamic equilibrium.\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" \/> <em>Figure 21: ATP synthesis and hydrolysis in dynamic equilibrium.<\/em>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><a id=\"chapter5-atp\"><\/a>One biologically important nucleotide that is not incorporated into DNA or RNA is adenosine triphosphate or ATP. ATP is a nucleotide because it consists of the pentose sugar ribose, the nitrogenous base adenine, and three phosphate groups. ATP is a form of energy currency within cells. When cells perform exergonic, catabolic reactions, the energy released is stored as chemical potential energy in ATP. When cells are ready to use that energy to perform endergonic, anabolic reactions, the energy is released from ATP by <strong>hydrolyzing the bonds in ATP molecules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-475\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-300x300.png\" alt=\"Figure 21: ATP synthesis and hydrolysis in dynamic equilibrium.\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-225x225.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2022\/03\/Artboard-55.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Figure 21: ATP synthesis and hydrolysis in dynamic equilibrium.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1456,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-185","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":174,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/revisions\/476"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/174"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/biology1190chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}