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ATP as a universal energy currency in the body David Newsome 11/9/2003 Adenosine triphosphate is a phosphorylated nucleotide, where the third, terminal phosphate requires a large amount of energy to bind it to the adenosine diphosphate. Because of this energy required when creating ATP, when it is hydrolysed a large amount of energy is released (30.6 kj/mole of ATP). This molecule is also a small water-soluble molecule which makes is ideal as the chief immediate source of energy in the body. ATP is produced in plants by photo-phosphorylation from sunlight, and in humans by oxidative phosphorylation from glucose. ATP is used as an intermediary role between the energy released in respiration and it being used in the body. ATP is used in four main ways, synthesis, active transport, and mechanical processes as well as in bioluminescence and electrical discharge. ATP is principally synthesised by electrical potential energy, but some of the energy required...

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