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    Cellular Energy

    Unit 3
    Cellular work requires energy
    ● A cell does three main kinds of work:
    ○ Chemical
    ○ Transport
    ○ Mechanical
    ● To do work, cells manage energy resources by energy coupling, the use of an
    exergonic process (energy-releasing) to drive an endergonic one (energy-absorbing).
    ● Most energy coupling in cells is mediated by ATP.
    The structure of ATP
    ● ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is composed of ribose (a sugar), adenine (a
    nitrogenous base), and three phosphate groups.
    The hydrolysis of ATP

    ● The bonds between the


    phosphate groups of ATP can be
    broken by hydrolysis.
    ● Energy is released from ATP
    when the terminal (end)
    phosphate bond is broken.
    How does the hydrolysis of ATP power cellular
    work?
    ● In the cell, the energy from the exergonic reaction of ATP hydrolysis can be used to
    drive endergonic reactions through the process of phosphorylation.
    ● Phosphorylation is the transfer of a phosphate group from one molecule to another
    molecule.

    For example, in order for glutamic acid to ...the hydrolysis of ATP must be used
    be converted to glutamine... to power the reaction.
    ● Transport and mechanical work in the cell are also powered by ATP hydrolysis.
    ● ATP hydrolysis leads to a change in a protein’s shape and often its ability to bind to
    another molecule.
    The regeneration of ATP
    ● ATP is a renewable resource that is regenerated by addition of a phosphate group to
    adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
    ● The energy for this phosphorylation of ADP comes from catabolic reactions in the
    cell.

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