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What is the importance of Phosphates?

      

What is the importance of Phosphates?

  

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Francis
a) It is the main constituent of energy rich compounds like ADP (Adenosine diphosphate), ATP (Adenosine triphosphate), GTP (Guanine tri phosphate) etc.
b) Its a major constituent of cell membrane, nucleic acid, cellular energy transfer systems.
c) Essential for metabolic reactions releasing energy.
d) Required for encoding of the information in genes (as it is the component of nucleotides and nucleic acids).
Phosphorus has no gaseous phase and hence forms a part of sedimentary cycle.
francis1897 answered the question on February 27, 2023 at 08:43


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