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Energy is released from ATP when a phosphate group is removed.
true or false?

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true bro trust me

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Yes! True!

[From nature.com] "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). Likewise, energy is also released when a phosphate is removed from ADP to form adenosine monophosphate (AMP)."

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