ATP and inorganic ions

• What is the full name for ATP?

  Adenosine triphosphate
• All organisms from simplest bacteria to humans use ATP.
• ATP diagram

  
• ATP has 3 molecules within it:

  1. Adenosine monophosphate
  2. Adenosine Diphosphate
  3. Adenosine Triphosphate

  
• What two elements is a phosphate group composed of?

  Oxygen and phosphorus
• What are adenine and ribose together referred to as?

  Adensoine

  
• What type of molecule is ribose?

  Pentose sugar

  
• What type of molecule is adenine?

  Nitrogenous base

  
• Roles of ATP (MAMS!!!)

  1. Macromolecules (Synthesising e.g. photosynthesis)
  2. Active transport
  3. Muscle contraction
  4. Secretion
• Enzyme that catalyses the formation of ATP

  ATP synthase
• ATP hydrolysis and phosphorylation (formation of ATP)

  
• What enzyme is responsible for the breakdown of ATP to ADP and Pi?

  ATP hydrolase