Page 35 - Consciousness in the Cell

HARUN YAHYA
amazing speed and without fail.
Without doubt, it's impossible for a molecule made up of atoms
to determine a cell's energy requirements and then produce the
appropriate energy. That this production is carried out in a most
efficient way and with the most appropriate packaging system
cannot be the product of coincidence. The Creator of the cell and
of every action and process of the molecules within
the cell is God; it is He Who put the ATP molecule
at the service of living things in such
a perfect manner.

Adenine

ATP is a packet of energy pro- Ribose
duced in the cell. The three-
dimensional image of the ATP Adenosine
molecule, above, is shown in
more detail on the right. Adenosine monophosphate (AMP)
It contains three phosphate
groups, with high-energy phos- Aadenosine diphosphate (ADP)
phate bonds between the atoms.
Aadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ATP
MOLECULE RELEASES ENERGY:

1. ATP has three phosphate groups. water
Whenever one linkage is broken off,
energy is released. energy

2. If only one phosphate linkage is
broken off, ADP forms. If two phos-
water
phate groups are broken off, AMP is
formed.
energy
3. With the release of AMP's last
phosphate group, all of the ATP mol-
water
ecule's energy is transferred to the
relevant molecules.
energy

adenosine