BIOL 1107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endergonic Reaction, Exergonic Reaction, Redox

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16 Sep 2016
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Atp (adenosine triphosphate) is the cellular currency for energy and it provides the fuel for most cellular activities. Atp has a high potential energy and allows cells to do work. Atp works by phosphorylating (transferring a phosphate group) to target molecules. Cells build atp and use it to transfer energy because phosphate groups contain a lot of energy (if it can only transform/transfer energy), and it accomplishes the same thing without using additional heat energy. Substrate level and oxidative are two different types of. Atp consists of three phosphate groups, ribose and adenine. When atp is hydrolyzed, energy is released. When two like charges come together, they repel each other creating a bond tension. This bond tension is what gives the extra energy. A molecule must be recepted at some point where a phosphate group can stick in order for phosphorylation to occur. In an exergonic reaction, atp causes the loss of a phosphate group.

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