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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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