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The __________ molecule is known as the universal energy source of the cell.

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The comment is correct, it is ATP, Adenosine Triphosphate which in turn breaks down into ADP or Adenosine Diphosphate. They recur in a cycle of forming one or the other, when ATP breaks down into ADP, energy is released. 
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