Question

A student builds a model of an ATP molecule out of some scraps she finds at home. She uses a block

of wood for the bulk of the molecule which she labels ADP. She attaches the block to a spring and then
compresses the spring between the block and a smaller round paper weight. What does the coiled spring
represent in an actual molecule of ATP?
a) the covalent bond between the last phosphate and the middle phosphate
b) the adenine part
c) the covalent bond between the ribose and the first phosphate
d) the very last phosphate group
e) the ribose sugar

Answer 1

d) the very last phosphate group

Step-by-step explanation:

Because ADP has already two phosphate groups and in order to make it to ATP it only needs an extra phosphate group.