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ATP works by losing the endmost phosphate group when instructed to do so by an enzyme. This reaction releases a lot of energy, which the organism can then use to build proteins, contact muscles, etc. The reaction product is adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and the phosphate group either ends up as orthophosphate (HPO 4) or attached to another molecule (e.g. an alcohol).
Chemical structures of ATP and anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors. a Chemical structure of ATP. ATP consists of an adenine ring, a ribose sugar, and three phosphate groups. The adenine ring, which forms hydrogen bonds with the ATP-binding site of its target kinase, is encircled in this figure.