What is the significance of ATP?

Answer 1

It {Atp}, by its ability to store bio-chemical energy, is also greatly involved in the transport of energy throughout the Cell, delivering ItSelf to all of the energy requiring 'areas' [and bio-chemical processes] of the Cell.

Answer 2

The energy released during respiration is not used directly.It is first used to build up a chemical called ATP(adenosine triphosphate)which acts as a temporary energy store.Think of ATP molecules as 'packets' of energy which is 'filled' by during respiration.These packets can be 'emptied' to release instant energy whenever it is needed ,without cells having to break down glucose molecules.

ATP delivers energy in precise amounts, and can transfer energy to other chemicals, turning them from inert substance into highly reactive ones

Answer 3

ATP is energy and without energy nothing will happen.

ATP is energy and without energy nothing will happen. Adenosine triphosphate

is a nucleoside triphosphate used in cells as coenzyme

ATP transports chemical reactions within cells for metabolism t is one of the end products of photophosphorylation, cellular respiration, and fermentation and used byenzymes and structural proteins in many cellular processes, including biosynthetic reactions, motility, and cell division.[2] One molecule of ATP contains three phosphate groups, and it is produced by a wide variety of enzymes, including ATP synthase, fromadenosine diphosphate (ADP) or adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and various phosphate group donors. Substrate level phosphorylation, oxidative phosphorylation in cellular respiration, and photophosphorylation in photosynthesis are three major mechanisms of ATP biosynthesis.

Metabolic processes that use ATP as an energy source convert it back into its precursors. ATP is therefore continuously recycled in organisms: the human body, which on average contains only 250 grams (8.8 oz) of ATP,[3] turns over its own body weight equivalent in ATP each day.[4]

ATP is used as a substrate in signal transduction pathways by kinases that phosphorylateproteins and lipids, as well as by adenylate cyclase, which uses ATP to produce thesecond messenger molecule cyclic AMP. The ratio between ATP and AMP is used as a way for a cell to sense how much energy is available and control the metabolic pathwaysthat produce and consume ATP.[5] Apart from its roles in energy metabolism and signaling, ATP is also incorporated into nucleic acids by polymerases in the process of transcription. ATP is the neurotransmitter believed to signal the sense of taste.[6] The structure of this molecule consists of a purine base (adenine) attached to the 1' carbon atom of a pentosesugar (ribose). Three phosphate groups are attached at the 5' carbon atom of the pentose sugar. It is the addition and removal of these phosphate groups that inter-convert ATP,ADP and AMP. When ATP is used in DNA synthesis, the ribose sugar is first converted todeoxyribose by ribonucleotide reductase.

Answer 4

ATP is important because when it breaks down to form ADP and in turn AMP, the phosphate groups may be transferred to other molecules making them 'more reactive' and making chemical change more likely. For example ATP provides energy for chemical change in the liver or the retina of the eye for making visual pigments.

Answer 5

The significance of ATP is that it provides energy to the muscle ells. This serves as the fuel for most of the processes in the body.