The capacity for doing work. It may be transformed from one form to another.

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Kinsley Miller

20 June, 12:12

The capacity for doing work. It may be transformed from one form to another.

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Hadley Yates · Answer 1

Energy.

In cells, ATP is a source of energy. ATP stands for Adenosine Triphosphate which is present in every cell’s cytoplasm and nucleoplasm which is essential in all the physiological mechanisms. It is considered as the energy currency of life or the "molecular unit of currency". It stores the energy that we need every day to do our daily undertakings. The primary function of ATP is to transport chemical energy within the body cells for metabolism. It is said that 1 moleculte of ATP is composed of 3 phosphate groups.