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Atp-Adp Cycle: Presentation By: Miranda, Morales, Morando, Nietes

This document presents information about the ATP-ADP cycle. It discusses how ATP is the energy currency of cells and is composed of adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups. Energy is released when one of the phosphate groups is removed from ATP, forming ADP plus a free phosphate. ADP can then be converted back to ATP by addition of a phosphate group in an energy-requiring process, allowing ATP to continue powering cellular reactions by transferring its high-energy phosphate bonds. The cycle of ATP being broken down to ADP and reformed from ADP allows cells to continuously replenish their supply of usable chemical energy to fuel metabolic processes.

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Atp-Adp Cycle: Presentation By: Miranda, Morales, Morando, Nietes

This document presents information about the ATP-ADP cycle. It discusses how ATP is the energy currency of cells and is composed of adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups. Energy is released when one of the phosphate groups is removed from ATP, forming ADP plus a free phosphate. ADP can then be converted back to ATP by addition of a phosphate group in an energy-requiring process, allowing ATP to continue powering cellular reactions by transferring its high-energy phosphate bonds. The cycle of ATP being broken down to ADP and reformed from ADP allows cells to continuously replenish their supply of usable chemical energy to fuel metabolic processes.

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ATP-ADP CYCLE

PRESENTATION BY:
MIRANDA, MORALES, MORANDO, NIETES

Life processes requires a constant supply of energy.


Cells use energy that is stored in the bonds of certain
organic molecules.

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

Is commonly known as the energy currency of


the cell.
ATP is a molecule that transfers energy from the
breakdown of food molecules to cell processes.
A molecule of ATP is composed of three parts:
Adenine
Ribose
Three Phosphate Groups
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is made
up of an organic molecule adenosine, plus
a tail of 3 phosphate groups (Alpha, Beta
& Gamma)
Structure of ATP
It is the release of the phosphate at
the tip of the triphosphate that makes
energy available to working cells.
After the removal of the phosphate
end, the remaining molecule is now
called Adenosine Diphosphate
(ADP).

ATP - ADP CYCLE


ATP - ADP CYCLE
The energy stored in ATP is released when a phosphate group is removed from
the molecule.
ATP has three phosphate groups, but the bond holding the third phosphate groups
is very easily broken.
When the phosphate is removed, ATP becomes ADP—adenosine diphosphate, a
phosphate is released into the cytoplasm and energy is released.
Exergonic reaction
ADP is a lower energy molecule than ATP, but can be converted to ATP by the
addition of a phosphate group.
→
ATP ADP + phosphate + energy available for cell processes
ATP - ADP CYCLE
• To supply the cell with energy, ADP is continually converted to ATP by the
addition of a phosphate during the process of cellular respiration.
• ATP carries much more energy than ADP.
• As the cell requires more energy, it uses energy from the breakdown of food
molecules to attach a free phosphate group to an ADP molecule in order to
make ATP.
• Endergonic reaction
• ADP + phosphate + energy from breakdown of food molecules ATP→

Thank for listening !

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