ATP is a good source of energy to run metabolic reactions for all the following reasons, except :
A) The pyrophosphate bond has a high energy of hydrolysis.
B) The sugar group is very reactive.
C) The bonds between the phosphates are acid anhydrides.
D) The phosphate groups can combine readily with other molecules.
E) All of these explain why ATP is a good energy source.

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The sugar group in ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is not the reason it's considered a good source of energy. The high energy comes primarily from the hydrolysis of the bonds between the phosphate groups, not from the reactivity of the sugar component.

ATP Is a Good Source of Energy to Run Metabolic