Arsenic in aqueous environments exists as arsenate and arsenite. Arsenite is

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more toxic, but arsenate? Arsenic in aqueous environments exists as arsenate and arsenite. Arsenite is more toxic, but arsenate produces serious ill effects also, because arsenate can substitute for the phosphate of ATP. The problem then is that the arsenate quickly and

spontaneously undergoes hydrolysis (without the participation of any enzymes). What property that makes ATP an ideal energy storage form does this spoil?
 
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