What is true about this

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The above reaction is the net result of a series of coupled reactions. Reduce nitrogen in the form of NH4+ can be assimilated first into amino acids and then into other nitrogen-containing biomolecules. Glutamate and glutamine provide a critical entry point.

ATP is the thing cell goes to if it wants to store energy or to transport energy or to extract energy and use it for something else. 

Most of the chemical reactions in our body involve breaking ATP into ADP and Pi.

ATP is not hydrolyzed directly as the energy comes out as heat.

 

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