ATP works by losing the endmost phosphate group when instructed to do so by an enzyme. This reaction releases a lot of energy, which the organism can then use to build proteins, contact muscles, etc.

ATP consists of an adenosine base (blue), a ribose sugar (pink) and a phosphate chain. The high-energy phosphate bond in this phosphate chain is the key to ATP's energy storage potential.

Patients are prone to airway contraction when cells lose cyclic adenosine monophosphate. Patients with asthma had higher average serum cAMP levels than patients who did not have asthma.

Phosphorus is the structural backbone of the phosphate nucleotides in DNA and ... the energy currency in nearly all metabolism, like adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which moves proteins and lipids ...

but no experiments were reported on the activity of the enzyme with substrates other than adenosine tri-phosphate, adenosine diphosphate, phosphocreatine and creatine. Such experiments are in ...

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the energy-carrying molecule used in cells because it can release energy very quickly. Energy is released from ATP when the end phosphate is removed. Once ATP has ...