The molecule that is used as the energy currency of the cell is which of the following?

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Many biologists consider adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to be the energy currency of life. ATP is the high-energy molecule that stores the energy we need to do just about everything we do. The purpose of cellular respiration is to produce ATP molecules for energy storage.
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is an important molecule involved in cellular respiration, but is not the energy currency of the cell. NADH is used in the third step of cellular respiration (the electron transport chain) where it is oxidized (this means it gives away an electron) to produce water and oxygen.
Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is also involved in cellular respiration as an electron carrier during the electron transport chain.
Adenosine triphosphate is an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups. To access the energy in ATP, one of the three phosphate bonds are broken, leaving two remaining phosphate groups attached to the adenosine molecule. This result is adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

The Molecule That Is Used as the Energy Currency of the Cell