ATP is short for Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate. ATP is the chemical compound through which cells transfer energy to one another. ATP is the energy source that is produced when the cellular respiration process takes place. ATP is a nucleotide, which are the structural units that make up DNA and RNA. A nucleotide is a chemical compound consisting of a heterocyclic base, a sugar molecule, and at least one phosphate group. In the case of ATP, the sugar molecule that connects the other two of the parts of the nucleotide together is ribose. On one side of the ribose there is the heterocyclic base, which in this case is made up of adenine. On the opposite side of the ribose there is a string of three phosphate groups. In this picture the adenine base is red, the ribose is purple, and the phosphate chain is blue.

The phosphate groups are the key to how ATP works. Enzymes instruct the ATP compound to lose its endmost phosphate group. When this happens, massive amounts of energy is released, which is then regulated to other cells in the body. This energy helps many cellular processes such as the building of proteins. When the cells do not immediately need energy, the phosphate group reattaches itself back to the ATP compound and awaits the orders from another enzyme to release itself again. In short, the ATP compound acts as a rechargeable battery for cells.

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