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Question
What is phosphorylation?
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Solution
It involves trapping the heat energy in the form of high energy bond of ATP molecule. ATP is used to carry out vital life processes and so is called as energy currency of the cell.
\[\ce{{ADP} + {iP} + 7.3 {Kcal} -> {ATP}}\]
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