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i want to know why the hydrolysis releases energy in the cells and is the ATP hydrolysis the only hydrolysis that releases energy?(trust able sources plz)

2006-10-01 01:11:49 · 4 answers · asked by Arwen 2 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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The hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and phosphoric acid (Pi) releases energy (it is an exergonic reaction). Some chemical reactions that occur in cells require energy. Hydrolysis reactions of ATP can provide this energy.

Hydrolysis of ATP

Cells must replenish ATP by synthesising it from ADP and phosphoric acid.

Synthesis of ATP from ADP

This requires energy, and one way of providing this is from the oxidation of glucose which is an exergonic reaction.

There are two reasons why energy from the oxidation of glucose is not used directly to drive chemical reactions in the cell:

the hydrolysis of ATP releases small amounts of energy compared to the oxidation of glucose, and in a controlled way
energy is released instantaneously from the hydrolysis of ATP, but the oxidation of glucose takes time .

2006-10-01 01:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by prakash s 3 · 1 0

C basically all biological reactions in a cell are called coupled reactions, where hydrolysis of a high energy substance gives enough energy to run the other reaction that is coupled. Some high energy coumpounds in the cell that can be used for coupled reactions are
1. ATP
2. GTP
3. NADP
4.FAD

These are the most commonly used energy sources in the cell.

2006-10-01 14:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by G.ARUN K 1 · 0 0

Hydrolosis occurs across a restriction barrier and as a result, the H+ ion releases energy from NADPH. THis energy is used to form an ATP from an ADP basically by adding a Phosphate Group to the ADP molecule.
I'm not sure about any others relasing energy, but I think only ATP hydrolosis releases energy

2006-10-01 10:49:05 · answer #3 · answered by Sarab s 3 · 0 0

That is because of electrical energy exchange between Anode and Cathode.

Good luck.

2006-10-01 08:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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