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phosphate (genetic biology) |
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- Grammar: noun
plural: phosphates - Definition: a salt of phosphoric acid, consisting of one central phosphorus atom surrounded by four identical oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement
- Example:
1. Removal of a phosphate from ATP provides the energy to drive many biochemical reactions.
2. DNA is a linear sequence of nucleotide bases held on a sugar phosphate backbone. - Related Compound: adenosine triphosphate
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