Comment on Little dude ATP
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It’s making ADP into ATP iirc, right?
You’ve got it! It’s adding a third phosphate group to adenosine to store energy. Interestingly, it’s the same adenosine as the ‘A’ base in DNA & RNA.
You’re thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA
Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA.
DoYouNot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’ve got it! It’s adding a third phosphate group to adenosine to store energy. Interestingly, it’s the same adenosine as the ‘A’ base in DNA & RNA.
max@lemmy.fish 1 week ago
You’re thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA
DoYouNot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA.