(ATP) Adenosine Triphosphate. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is considered by biologists to be the energy currency of life. It is the high-energy molecule that stores the energy we need to do just about everything we do. ATP - HyperPhysics Concepts hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/atp.html

Energy is usually liberated from the ATP molecule to do work in the cell by a reaction that removes one of the phosphate-oxygen groups, leaving adenosine diphosphate (ADP). When the ATP converts to ADP, the ATP is said to be spent. ATP: The Perfect Energy Currency for the Cell - True Origin https://www.trueorigin.org/atp.php Search for: How does ATP give off energy? How ATP is used in the body? How ATP is produced? How ATP is produced? Glycolysis - begins glucose metabolism in all cells to produce 2 molecules of pyruvate. Occurs outside of mitochondria, usually in cytoplasm. Cellular Respiration - uses oxygen from the environment and converts each pyruvate to three molecules of carbon dioxide while trapping the energy released in this process in ATP.