Energy-rich phosphates

... Other cellular functions. When ATP is produced, phosphates which normally repel each other (negatively charged) become bonded, ... results in an instable molecule which is very reactive. Thus it carries energy. Energy release from ATP can be released into the environment via ...

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You could also note that the phosphates are negatively charged, and putting 3 negatively charged atoms together requires energy(stores).

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... following questions: How does the structure of ATP make it an effective energy carrier? Where does the energy stored in the molecules come from and ... energy is released, converting ATP into ADP (and AMP when losing two phosphates). I don't feel like I've written enough for 13 marks, but I'm ...

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... is not controlled by any one substance since the cell uses ATP as an energy currency any enzyme or molecule can use ATP and the breakdown is usually a hydrolysis reaction using water and yielding inorganic phosphates PPi or Pi. Through these hydrolysis reactions energy is given off ...

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... to start the process you only yield a total of 2 ATP's. As for the energy stored in the ATP molecule: Phosphates "store" energy in molecules. Resonant structures of phosphates allow shifting ...

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