ATP

• ATP: adenosine triphosphate
• hydrolysis of ATP:

  ATP --> ADP + Pi

  • uses ATP hydrolase
• properties of ATP:

  • small & soluble: easily be transportes
• properties of ATP:

  • small & soluble: easily be transported
  • immediate energy source -
  • phosphorylation - makes other compounds reactive
  • small & manageable - no energy wasted
  • cant pass out of a cell - cells have constant supply of energy
• importance of water:

  • metabolite in metabolic reactions like photosynthesis, respiration
  • high specific heat capacity - buffer changes in temperatures
  • high latent heat of vaporisation - provides a cooling effect
  • cohesive - supports the cohesion-tenision theory
  • solvent - allows substances to dissolve and transport