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• Adenosine Triphosphate
• Three phosphate groups (two with high energy bonds
• Last phosphate group (PO4) contains the MOST energy
• All three phosphate groups are negatively charged (repel each other making it
very unstable)
• Breaking the Bonds of ATP
• Phosphorylated = a phosphate group attaches to other molecules making them
more unstable and more reactive (energy boost to do work).
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