2007-01-07 00:19:22 · 4 answers · asked by Fash Hag 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Chemical name
5-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl
methoxy-hydroxy-phosphoryl
oxy-hydroxy-phosphory oxyphosphonic acid
Abbreviations ATP
Chemical formula C10H16N5O13P3
Molecular mass 507.181 g mol-1
Melting point ?
Density ?
pKa 6.5 (secondary phosphate)
CAS number 56-65-5
The structure of this molecule consists of a purine base (adenine) attached to the 1' carbon atom of a pentose (ribose). Three phosphate groups are attached at the 5' carbon atom of the pentose sugar. When ATP is used in DNA synthesis, the ribose sugar is first converted to deoxyribose by ribonucleotide reductase. ATP was discovered in 1929 by Karl Lohmann,[1] and was proposed to be the main energy-transfer molecule in the cell by Fritz Albert Lipmann in 1941.[2]
Source: wikipedia.org
2007-01-07 00:28:22 · answer #1 · answered by angad m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate, so adenosine (whatever the hell that is) and 3 phosphate molecules
2007-01-07 08:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adenine, which is a nucleotide base found mostly in DNA, RNA, and ATP, ADP, and AMP.
Ribose, which is a five carbon sugar, is attached to it. Ribose is also found in DNA, RNA...
Adenine linked to ribose in this fashion is called adenosine.
Phosphate is attached to ribose. In Adenosine Tri-Phosphate, Three phosphates are linked in a chain. Oh yes, phosphate is P04. H3P04 is phosphoric acid, and phosphate, closely related is present in DNA and RNA. This acid is the reason for the A in DNA as well as in RNA.
2007-01-07 08:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by Biznachos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adenosine triphosphate
2007-01-07 08:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋