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We have already noted several times the involvement of the most important energy reservoir of the cell, ATP, in reactions without mentioning in detail where this ATP actually comes from. As a matter of fact we have mentioned one source of ATP: ATP is formed in the primary processes of photosynthesis. This kind of ATP formation, which is linked to the light reactions of photosynthesis, is called photophosphorylation (cf. page 47). The living organism is, however, equipped with other means of producing ATP and they are connected with biological oxidation.
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Hess, D. (1975). Biological Oxidation. In: Plant Physiology. Springer Study Edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80813-5_4
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