▲ 509 ▼ Little dude ATP (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's making ADP into ATP iirc, right? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) You've got it! It's adding a third phosphate group to adenosine to store energy. Interestingly, it's the same adenosine as the 'A' base in DNA & RNA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] max@lemmy.fish 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) You're thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) You've got it! It's adding a third phosphate group to adenosine to store energy. Interestingly, it's the same adenosine as the 'A' base in DNA & RNA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] max@lemmy.fish 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) You're thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] max@lemmy.fish 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) You're thinking of adenine when it comes to DNA/RNA permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Actually, adenosine is adenine with a ribose attached by a glycosidic bond, which is the D/R in DNA/RNA. permalink fedilink source parent
