Compare the storage capacity of ATP and glucose. How does the cell use each of these molecules to store energy?

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Lilian Young

Biology

18 September, 00:12

Compare the storage capacity of ATP and glucose. How does the cell use each of these molecules to store energy?

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Nathanial Nash · Answer 1

A glucose molecule can store more than 90 times the energy of a ATP molecules. Glucose is used by cells to store large amounts of energy for large amounts of time. In contrast, ATP is used to store smaller amounts of energy that will be used in the next few seconds. Cells can regenerate ATP from ADP as needed by using the energy from glucose.