The discovery of adenosine triphosphate
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Article
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1991
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is common to all organisms from bacteria to mammals. It is the key substance, the general currency in energy conversions within living organisms: when its terminal high-energy phosphate bond is hydrolyzed, free energy becomes available for biological activities such as m