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Where do N and P come from in the equation for How is ATP generated by cellular respiration?

Phosphate -> phosphorous (element), fixed mhchem syntax
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Where doesdo N and P come from in the equation for cellular respiration?

I learned in a high school level Biology class that the chemical equation for cellular respiration is $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP}$$

$$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP}$$

When I looked up the chemical formula for ATP I found that it is   

$$\ce{C10H16N5O13P3}$$ Knowing

Knowing that, that must mean that the first equation becomes $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + C10H16N5O13P3}$$ One

$$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + C10H16N5O13P3}$$

One of the products contains nitrogen and phosphatephosphorus, but none of the reactants contain those two elements, but there should be in order to produce a product that contains nitrogen and phosphatephosphorus. With my high school knowledge, I cannot figure this out, so where. Where do the nitrogen and the phospatephosphorus atoms come from?

Where does N and P come from in the equation for cellular respiration

I learned in a high school level Biology class that the chemical equation for cellular respiration is $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP}$$ When I looked up the chemical formula for ATP I found that it is  $$\ce{C10H16N5O13P3}$$ Knowing that, that must mean that the first equation becomes $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + C10H16N5O13P3}$$ One of the products contains nitrogen and phosphate, but none of the reactants contain those two elements, but there should be in order to produce a product that contains nitrogen and phosphate. With my high school knowledge, I cannot figure this out, so where do the nitrogen and the phospate atoms come from?

Where do N and P come from in the equation for cellular respiration?

I learned in a high school level Biology class that the chemical equation for cellular respiration is

$$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP}$$

When I looked up the chemical formula for ATP I found that it is 

$$\ce{C10H16N5O13P3}$$

Knowing that, that must mean that the first equation becomes

$$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + C10H16N5O13P3}$$

One of the products contains nitrogen and phosphorus, but none of the reactants contain those two elements, but there should be in order to produce a product that contains nitrogen and phosphorus. With my high school knowledge, I cannot figure this out. Where do the nitrogen and the phosphorus atoms come from?

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Where does N and P come from in the equation for cellular respiration

I learned in a high school level Biology class that the chemical equation for cellular respiration is $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP}$$ When I looked up the chemical formula for ATP I found that it is $$\ce{C10H16N5O13P3}$$ Knowing that, that must mean that the first equation becomes $$\ce{6O2 + C6H12O6 => 6CO2 + 6H2O + C10H16N5O13P3}$$ One of the products contains nitrogen and phosphate, but none of the reactants contain those two elements, but there should be in order to produce a product that contains nitrogen and phosphate. With my high school knowledge, I cannot figure this out, so where do the nitrogen and the phospate atoms come from?