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Answer» releasing energy absorbing energy transporting energy conservation of energy Solution :ATP is an energy rich COMPOUND. The bond between the ribose SUGAR and the first phosphoric acid unit is an ordinary low-energy PHOSPHATE bond (ie., energy is CONSUMED when this bond is broken) but the oxygen phosphorus bonds between the other two phosphoric acid RESIDUES are high energy phosphate bonds (ie., energy is released when these bonds are broken).
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