Medical Definition of Phosphate group

1. A phosphate group on a larger molecule, where the phosphorus is single bonded to each of the four oxygens, and the other bond of one of the oxygens is attached to the rest of the molecule. This means that the entire group has a net negative charge of -3 (from the free second bonds on the oxygen atoms which are only bonded to the phosphorus atom). Often hydrogen atoms will be attached to the oxygens and sometimes double bonds between the phosphorus and an oxygen are present. (31 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphate Group

phosphamidon
phosphastat
phosphatase
phosphatase
phosphatases
phosphatase unit
phosphate
phosphate
phosphated
phosphatemia
phosphates
phosphates
phosphate acetyltransferase
phosphate buffer solution
phosphate diabetes
phosphate group (current term)
phosphate permease
phosphate tetany
phosphatic
phosphatic
phosphatidal
phosphatidase
phosphatidate
phosphatidate phosphatase
phosphatide
phosphatide
phosphatides
phosphatidic
phosphatidic acid
phosphatidic acids

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