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Energy is released from atp when

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When high energy phosphoanhydride bond is broken down or hydrolyzed. This results in the formation of ADP.

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ATP. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate, or ATP, is the principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells. ... When one phosphate group is removed by breaking a phosphoanhydride bond in a process called hydrolysis, energy is released, and ATP is converted to adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

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