Month: September 2022

"PHOTOSYNTHESIS is often described as the reverse of cellular respiration. Respiration breaks down complex molecules to release energy that is used to make ATP." https://lnkd.in/eJz4Gk5 View in LinkedIn

"PHOTOSYNTHESIS takes energy from photons and uses it to build complex molecules. However both systems use an electron transport chain and associated proton pump and ATP synthase as a key part of the process." https://lnkd.in/eJz4Gk5 View in LinkedIn

THE GREEN FUSE. "ATP converts to ADP when it releases its phosphate energy, and the ADP molecule is recycled to the mitochondria to be recycled again as fully charged ATP. It is this cycle of phosphate exchange that drives the green fuse of all forms of life. A singular fact. https://lnkd.in/eU9uxsa View in LinkedIn

WHOPPING AMOUNTS. "Eighty percent of the oxygen consumed by the human body is used for energy production...It is estimated that in humans, the rate of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis varies daily from 80 moles (about 40 kg) at rest to 1800 moles (∼ 910 kg) during strenuous exercise." https://lnkd.in/e_kt3hH View in LinkedIn

POWER OF THE EPHEMERAL. "There are about 10(23) ATP molecules in the human body, with each cell containing about 1 billion ATP molecules, or just enough energy for a few minutes without incredibly fast recycling. In each individual ATP molecule “the terminal phosphate is added and removed 3 times each minute” (Arthur Kornberg, 1989). https://lnkd.in/eTAZ6fA View in LinkedIn

"ATP ENERGY is synthesized from food. A person's 2,500 daily food calories turns over 400 lbs of ATP. But the total body only contains 50 grams of ATP at any one time." https://lnkd.in/eTAZ6fA View in LinkedIn

BODY WEIGHT DAILY TURNOVER. "The energy used by human cells requires the hydrolysis of 100 to 150 moles of ATP daily, which is around 50 to 75 kg. A human will typically use up his or her body weight of ATP over the course of the day." https://lnkd.in/eStagA3 View in LinkedIn

"ATP SYNTHESIS by oxidative phosphorylation is the fundamental means of cell energy production in animals, plants and almost all micro-organisms. A typical 70 kg human with a relatively sedentary lifestyle will generate around 2.0 million kg of ATP from ADP and Pi in a 75-year lifespan." https://lnkd.in/ePjb-Rt View in LinkedIn

JUST-IN-TIME MANUFACTURING. "Each ATP molecule is recycled 500 to 750 times during a single day...a total of around 5g of ATP is used by cell processes at any time in the body." https://lnkd.in/eStagA3 View in LinkedIn

JUST A BRIEF SPARK. "ATP cannot be stored, hence its consumption closely follows its synthesis." https://lnkd.in/eStagA3 View in LinkedIn