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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend focuses on ATP, another mega-blockbuster biomolecule. Complex molecules organized into living things need to capture and harness energy to function, and without it, a cell is bankrupt. All life energy is a cascade from the sun, stored in chemical bonds, and released to do work. 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

IN SYNCH. "Profoundly, it has been shown that the precise rhythm of the heartbeat can regulate a large number of cycles in the body, and optimal function is achieved in the presence of perfectly coherent beats." https://lnkd.in/e7kcPri 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

CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION. "Entrainment of biological oscillators is a compelling example of the management and timing of periodic, seemingly isolated, biological functions." https://lnkd.in/e7kcPri 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

ENTRAINMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OSCILLATORS. "The rhythm of autonomous biological oscillators can be markedly affected by periodic perturbation. Studies of the effects of periodic electrical stimulation of neural and cardiac oscillators have revealed that the intrinsic rhythm may become entrained or phase locked to the periodic stimulus." https://lnkd.in/eyD4MFn 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

ANTICIPATORY DATA IN TREES. "The dropping of leaves from a tree in autumn is a process that has been in preparation for the entire previous year. In fact, it is a cycle that is tweaked by information gathered from previous years, and changes in global weather gradually influence its timing." https://lnkd.in/e7kcPri 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