how does atp provide energy for work in cells?
ATP contains chemical potential energy that will snuggle up to a metabolic reaction in your cells---like the contraction of muscles or sending electrical messages along yo â¦ ur nerve cells---- and release the energy of the bonds that hold the third phosphate molecule to the the rest of the ATP(called ADP) ATP is able to move aroun d in the cytoplasm and deliver the energy to whereever it's needed...likewise it has to pick up this energy from the breakdown of the energy laden nutrients in ...