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BiologyHuman Biology (MindTap Course List)Section 3.17 mentions that arsenic poisons human cells because it halts the production of ATP. This happens because the structure of arsenic atoms closely resembles that of phosphorus atoms—so close, in fact, that arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in chemical reactions. Why would the substitution of arsenic atoms for phosphorus atoms prevent the formation of ATP?
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Section 3.17 mentions that arsenic poisons human cells because it halts the production of ATP. This happens because the structure of arsenic atoms closely resembles that of phosphorus atoms—so close, in fact, that arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in chemical reactions. Why would the substitution of arsenic atoms for phosphorus atoms prevent the formation of ATP?

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Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305112100

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Section 3.17 mentions that arsenic poisons human cells because it halts the production of ATP. This happens because the structure of arsenic atoms closely resembles that of phosphorus atoms—so close, in fact, that arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in chemical reactions. Why would the substitution of arsenic atoms for phosphorus atoms prevent the formation of ATP?

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