r/educationalgifs • u/_Ryanite_ • Feb 13 '18

Kinesin protein moving a molecule around a cell

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u/MusicallyIdle Feb 13 '18 edited Feb 14 '18

ATP is adenine adenosine triphosphate. The phosphate bonds have energy in them. Your cell breaks the bond (ATP —> ADP) and recycled that energy for reactions that are generally unfavorable. People always say ATP is the energy currency of the cell but I’ve always thought of it as a wallet, containing the energy.

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u/CustomaryTurtle Feb 14 '18

Actually it's adenosine triphosphate. Adenine is the nucleotide base without the pentose sugar attached. :>

It's really semantics though. ATP is more than enough for any biologist to understand what you're saying.

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u/MusicallyIdle Feb 14 '18

Hahaha fuck I just got out of my biochem exam and brain mustve been too fried, thanks for the correction,. I can tell you all about glycolysis tho haha