Editing Adenosine triphosphate (section)

===DNA and RNA synthesis===
ATP is one of four monomers required in the synthesis of [[RNA]]. The process is promoted by [[RNA polymerase]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Joyce |first1=C.&nbsp;M. |last2=Steitz |first2=T.&nbsp;A. |title=Polymerase structures and function: variations on a theme? |journal=J. Bacteriol. |volume=177 |issue=22 |pages=6321–6329 |year=1995 |pmid=7592405 |pmc=177480 |doi=10.1128/jb.177.22.6321-6329.1995}}</ref> A similar process occurs in the formation of DNA, except that ATP is first converted to the [[deoxyribonucleotide]] dATP.  Like many condensation reactions in nature, [[DNA replication]] and [[DNA transcription]] also consume ATP.