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Little dude ATP (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's making ADP into ATP iirc, right?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You've got it! It's adding a third phosphate group to adenosine to store energy. Interestingly, it's the same adenosine as the 'A' base in DNA & RNA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

~~You're thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA~~

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA.

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