3.1: The importance of ATP

What ATP stands for.

Amount of energy ATP releases?

Enzyme necessary for the hydrolysis of ATP.

Name of a reaction that adds phosphate.

Enzyme necessary in phosphorylation.

Used to describe membranes that are water tight, such as cell membranes.

Type of phosphorylation that occurs during aerobic respiration on the inner membranes (cristea) of the mitochondria.

Type of phosphorylation that occurs in the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis on the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplasts.

Type of phosphorylation that occurs when phosphate groups are transferred to donor molecules during glycolysis or in the Krebs cycle.