ATP is biology's rechargeable battery, not its fuel

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Treating ATP as a renewable resource flips the usual textbook framing of it as an energy source that gets 'used up.' Cells constantly recycle ATP by reattaching a phosphate group to ADP, making the energy currency regenerative rather than consumable.

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