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What is required to hydrolyze ADP?
Posted August 3, 2021
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Water is required to hydrolyze ADP (adenosine diphosphate). The addition of water breaks the bonds of adenosine diphosphate, releasing a phosphate group and converting ADP to AMP (adenosine monophosphate). Energy is released during the process.
ADP is hydrolyzed to AMP in the reaction ADP+H2O →AMP+Pi+free energy
Like most chemical reactions the hydrolysis of ADP to AMP is reversible.
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