Question

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What is an ATP molecule, and why is it important?

Answer 1

ATP or adenosine Triphosphate is the energy currency of life... It is the high-energy molecule that stores the energy we need to do just about everything we do..It's usually present in the cytoplasm of every cell.

Answer 2

that is a good question and i have worked on an assignment similar to this one. An ATP molecule is a sugar molecule and we need it for a source of our survival. ATP is found in plants, the ones we eat. are what give us the ATP the plant breaks down the ATP and turns it into glucose... of which we eat

Answer 3

@partyman5988 ATP is classified as a nucleotide, not a sugar - although it does have a carbohydrate component (the ribose) it's not the active component. Also, all living things (as far as i know) make ATP, you don't directly get it from plants, enzymes in your body oxidize different molecules (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates) and use the energy from the reactions to synthesize new ATP molecules - which is where they come from. If you eat an ATP molecule, enzymes in your stomach will break it down and it wont be used as a source of energy directly.