What is ATP? My boyfriend has it but I'm not sure what it is..?

Question

My boyfriend was talking to my uncle about atp or adp and that he has it, but i dont know what it is???

Answer 1

i think you might have overheard the word add this site should explain it

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Answer 2

Yep, you've got it too! ATP, that is... ;)

Answer 3

Everyone has it. It is short for Adenosine triphosphate and ADP is adenosine diphosphate. It is essentially how you get energy.

Answer 4

Its the hub of the glycolytic pathway. Yes you can buy it in a in a little bottle contrary to popular belief........and yes its found in our bodies.....BUT its pretty much useless because your body doesnt convert it into "extra energy" since its an unfavorable endergonic reaction. This is also contrary to popular belief unless you take a Biochemistry class and get into it. Anyways everyone knows that gasoline has a lot of energy. But there has to be a "SPARK" in order to ignite it and release all of its potential energy. So if you got a bucket of gasoline in front of you its not going to do ANYTHING! LOL. Pretty much the same thing with supplying you body with synthetic ATP youll probably will not get the full advantages of it since there are specific enyzmes within your body that are very sensite( "induced fit model"/"lock key") to the substrate in this case ATP. ADP and ATP are interchangable and through a very complicated cycle youll get ATP and ADP that eventually supplies more ATP than was invested.

10 points please. I had to pay some a*****e from MIT 4 gs to learn this **** LOL LOL and numerous ****** lectures