Exercise and Sport Physiology - ATP

Adenosine Triphosphate 

• The only useable form of energy in the body 
• It is a high energy compound - type of chemical energy 
• It is made up of adenosine and 3 phosphat elements held together by high energy bonds 
• When the enzyme ATPase breaks the bond between the last 2 phosphates, energy is released
• This is an exothermic reaction…