Which of the following describes an ADP molecule?
Answer:
The correct answer is -
ADP has less potential energy than ATP
ADP can be created when an ATP breaks or releases a phosphate bond.
Explanation:
ADP is adenosine diphosphate which means adenosine bound with a sugar molecule and two groups of phosphate molecules that also play an important role in cellular energy flow like ATP.
In ATP, there are three phosphates and two high energy bond that provides much energy in breaking whereas, in ADP, only one high energy bond and two phosphates present there.
When an ATP molecule breaks or releases one of its Phosphoanhydrous bonds and release energy and one of the phosphate groups, adenosine diphosphate or ADP created.