ATP

• The energy currency of the body
• One of the monomers used in the synthesis of RNA
• Contains three phosphate groups àhigh energy
  • Removal of one releases energy and creates ADP
  • the phosphate can be put back on to be used again

                     requires energy to do this

• Redox-reactions
  • Oxidized à molecule that loses electrons
  • Reduced à molecule that gains electrons
  • Oxidizing agent à molecule that gets reduced (oxidizes the other molecule)
  • Reducing agent à molecule that gets oxidized (reduces the other molecule)
  • * VERY important in the making of ATP from glucose

            Due to a long series of redox reactions in the electron transport chain à the energy can be taken from glucose without actual         combustion (we would explode if this happened)