Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_jaa4xfs wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:23 PM

#2,078,858

This might be why mitochondria is known as the powerhouse of the cell...

InformalPenguinz t1_jaa5qw1 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:28 PM

#2,079,092

This bitch knows how to recycle that alphabet soup

malepitt t1_jaa7hef wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:41 PM

#2,079,620

"It has been calculated that the human body contains only 250 g of ATP at any one time, which contains roughly the equivalent of an AA battery." These facts together suggest that ATP is recycled 300-400 times a day?

absolutelyshafted t1_jaa8ri4 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:50 PM

#2,079,994

Replying to malepitt (#2,079,620)

Yep makes sense

epic_pig t1_jaa9jjb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:55 PM

#2,080,245

I understood some of those words

HobgoblinKhanate1 t1_jaadinj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:23 AM

#2,081,401

Can someone eli5

HobgoblinKhanate1 t1_jaadkvl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:24 AM

#2,081,413

Replying to malepitt (#2,079,620)

“Each equivalent of ATP is recycled 1000–1500 times during a single day “

RedSonGamble t1_jaae1cs wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:27 AM

#2,081,527

I have 58 AP

Gullible_Skeptic OP t1_jaagyvd wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:48 AM

#2,082,466

Replying to HobgoblinKhanate1 (#2,081,401)

ATP is the primary energy molecule in all living things, humans use and make that much of it every day

strugglingtobemyself t1_jaahcpa wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:51 AM

#2,082,580

Replying to HobgoblinKhanate1 (#2,081,401)

ATP is the "power" that is produced in the Powerhouse of the cells. It is a chemical that is put together (with energy) so it can be broken down later (to release energy).

it is adenosine *tri*phosphate. Your cells snap off a phosphate when they need some energy. this turns the tri in to di. from three phosphate groups to 2. ATP->ADP all day every day for your whole life

aussietin t1_jaait2g wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:02 AM

#2,083,037

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Who_GNU t1_jaasduh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:12 AM

#2,085,818

By that metric, you "consume" over 10 tons of hemoglobin every day.

Of course you don't have to eat 10 tons of food every day, because when you "consume" oxyhemoglobin it leaves deoxyhemoglobin, which is converted back to oxyhemoglobin, in your lungs.

ADP does the same thing, but with phosphorus instead of oxygen, temporarily becoming ATP. It's not really being consumed and recycled, it's just being reused.