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What is the name of the energy currency found in a cell

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ATP (andenosine triphopshate) is the energy currency found in a cell; Energy is usually liberated from the ATP molecule to do work in the cell by a reaction that removes one of the phosphate-oxygen groups, leaving adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

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