Exercise and Sport Physiology - ATP
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- Created on: 20-03-17 19:45
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Adenosine Triphosphate
- The only useable form of energy in the body
- It is a high energy compound - type of chemical energy
- It is made up of adenosine and 3 phosphat elements held together by high energy bonds
- When the enzyme ATPase breaks the bond between the last 2 phosphates, energy is released
- This is an exothermic reaction…
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