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The 1997 Nobel prize for
Chemistry has been awarded to 3 biochemists for the study of the important biological
molecule, adenosine triphosphate. This makes it a fitting
molecule with which to begin the 1998 collection of Molecule's of the Month. (From http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/atp/atp2_text.htm ) ATP - Nature's Energy StoreAll living things, plants and animals, require a continual supply of energy in order to function. The energy is used for all the processes which keep the organism alive. Some of these processes occur continually, such as the metabolism of foods, the synthesis of large, biologically important molecules, e.g. proteins and DNA, and the transport of molecules and ions throughout the organism. Other processes occur only at certain times, such as muscle contraction and other cellular movements. Animals obtain their energy by oxidation of foods, plants do so by trapping the sunlight using chlorophyll. However, before the energy can be used, it is first transformed into a form which the organism can handle easily. This special carrier of energy is the molecule adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.
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