Comments on: ATP is called a cell`s “energy currency because ?

By: Thunderflame

Thunderflame — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I can't give you any specific reaction, but ATP molecules are basically what the cell uses to provide energy to where it is needed.

By: beatles996148

beatles996148 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

it transfers energy from chemical bonds to energy absorbing (endergonic) reactions within the cell, basically being used as a form of energy.
Its like the chemical bond can never change without buying the reaction with atp

By: greendawn

greendawn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Because it provides energy wherever and however it is needed, for muscular contraction, for moving ions or molecules against their concentration gradients across cell membranes, for enabling energetically unfavourable reactions (pushing them uphill as it were), for moving cilia.

Each cell contains a billion ATP molecules that are being constantly used and reformed to be reused.