If You Could Remove All the Phosphate in the Cell

Question

If you could remove all the phosphate in the cell, what would happen to the ATP cycle?
A) It would stop when all the ATP had been converted into ADP.
B) It would stop when all the ADP had been converted into ATP.
C) It would cycle faster because the lack of phosphate would drive the cycle.
D) It would cycle faster because of the buildup of ATP.
E) It would not affect the ATP cycle.

Accepted Answer

Without phosphate, ADP cannot be converted back to ATP. So the cycle would stop when all the ATP had been converted to ADP.