ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the energy-carrying molecule used in cells because it can release energy very quickly. Energy is released from ATP when the end phosphate is removed. Once ATP has ...

According to molecular biologist Leslie Orgel, this is the single most counterintuitive idea in biology after Darwin ... the energy released in the form of ATP (the universal energy currency ...

They synthesize ATP from pyruvate breakdown via simple fermentations ... The integral part that mitochondria play in many aspects of eukaryote biology might well reflect their role in the origin ...