Production of ATP
To trap energy released from exergonic
catabolic chemical reactions, the cell uses some of the released energy to attach
a phosphate group onto ADP (adenosine diphosphate) to make ATP (adenosine triphosphate).
Thus, energy is trapped and stored in high-energy phosphate bonds.
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