From Soil to Fruit- Glossary
- Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP)
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) is the molecule from which Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is formed. ATP provides the energy that drives many, many biochemical reactions, and in doing so breaks down into ADP. ADP then converts back to ATP and this ADP/ATP cycling continues, providing energy all the while. ADP (and ATP) is found in all life, from the most ancient bacteria, to plants, to animals.
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