What does ATP stand for?

1 Answer
May 15, 2018

Adenosine triphosphate

Explanation:

#"ATP"# stands for adenosine triphosphate, the main energy carrying molecule around every organism. It is mostly created by aerobic respiration, with up to #38# at a time!

During anaerobic respiration, only #2# energy-carrying molecules are created, and so we can see that aerobic respiration produces much more energy than anaerobic does.

It is also one of the most vital molecules for life to exist. Its structure is:

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