AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Phosphorus is essential to all living things. It forms the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA and RNA. It is important for energy transfer in cells as part of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), and is found in many other biologically important molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phosphorus is a major element essential for many biological processes, for instance for DNA synthesis, ATP synthesis, membrane synthesis, and protein phosphorylation.

Detailed explanation-3: -ATP refers to a nucleotide, which comprises three prime components, that is, the nitrogenous base adenine, ribose sugar, and a chain of three phosphate groups attached with ribose. The mineral needed during the production of ATP is phosphorus.

Detailed explanation-4: -ATP consists of adenosine – composed of an adenine ring and a ribose sugar – and three phosphate groups (triphosphate). The phosphoryl groups, starting with the group closest to the ribose, are referred to as the alpha (), beta (), and gamma () phosphates.