Compound phosphorylated for ATP formation

What is the compound which is phosphorylated for ATP formation? What is the resultant compound whenever ATP releases energy?

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ATP or adenosine triphosphate is made after the binding of one phosphate (or phosphorylation) to one ADP (or adenosine diphosphate) molecule. This is a procedure which stores energy into the generated ATP molecule. Whenever ATP provides energy to the cellular metabolism it loses one of its phosphates and the ADP re-appears. ADP can as well lose more phosphates and produce AMP (that is, adenosine monophosphate) or even non-phosphorylated adenosine. The Adenosine production from ATP is a solution employed in tissues which require urgent oxygen supply, for illustration, in the heart throughout myocardial infarction (that is, heart attack), as adenosine has a local vasodilator effect therefore providing faster vasodilation than other physiological techniques.

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