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Anabolic reactions build new molecules and/or store energy. The energy of catabolic reactions is used to drive anabolic reactions. The energy for chemical reactions is stored in ATP. Often when I ask students What is ATP the answer they give is Energy.
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is required in all living cells as a continual supply of energy, to be used in processes, which keep the organism alive such as muscle contraction. ATP is made up of three main components, the base (adenine), a phosphate chain (made of three phosphate groups) and a ribose sugar backbone. The energy released from the respiration of Glucose is used to add inorganic phosphate groups to ADP to form ATP. Below is a diagram of ATP. The first step in the production of ATP and the store of energy is Glycolysis, which occurs in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.