Phosphate Molecule
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A Phosphate Molecule is an inorganic chemical and a salt-forming anion of phosphoric acid.
- See: Dephosphorylation, Phosphorus, Inorganic Chemical, Salt (Chemistry), Phosphoric Acid, Organic Chemistry, Organophosphate, Ester, Phosphoric Acids And Phosphates, Biogeochemistry, Ecology.
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2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phosphate Retrieved:2018-3-21.
- A phosphate is an inorganic chemical and a salt-forming anion of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Of the various phosphoric acids and phosphates, organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry, also called ecology, and inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.
In biology, adding phosphates to— and removing them from — proteins in cells are both pivotal in the regulation of metabolic processes. Referred to as phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, respectively, they are important ways that energy is stored and released in living systems.
- A phosphate is an inorganic chemical and a salt-forming anion of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Of the various phosphoric acids and phosphates, organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry, also called ecology, and inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.