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  1. What is the difference between a phosphoryl group and a phosphate …

    Nov 29, 2016 · The difference is basically one oxygen atom. If you consider monoethyl phosphate as an example, the ethyl alpha-carbon bears a phosphate group, whereas the ethoxy oxygen bears a …

  2. Where do the three negative oxygens in a phosphate group get their ...

    Sep 6, 2020 · A video I watched showed the construction of a phosphate group using a Lewis structure. The oxygen with the double bond fills its octet group. The three other oxygens lack an electron. The …

  3. Phosphates Functional Group - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    Apr 24, 2016 · The phosphate has donated one pair of electrons on the oxygen to have a covalent bond with other molecule, for instance sugar in the image, and becomes a phosphate group in the …

  4. Why does bond breaking in ATP release energy? [duplicate]

    Jan 17, 2019 · A bond between two phosphate groups breaks, but one of the phosphate groups forms a new bond with the oxygen of water. Whether energy is released or taken up (whether the reaction is …

  5. Why is DNA negatively charged and what makes it so?

    Apr 2, 2020 · DNA is basically a polymer of nucleotides. These are held together by covalent bonds formed between the phosphate groups, each of which forms and ester with a hydroxyl group of the …

  6. Bonding in the phosphate ion - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    I'm looking for an explanation of the bonding in the phosphate (PO 43−) ion: (Image courtesy of Wikipedia) Phosphorus (15 P) - being the fifteenth element - has fifteen electrons, five valence …

  7. Polarity of the phosphate ion? - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    Dec 13, 2015 · I understand that phosphate is bonded covalently, however, it is characterized as a polyatomic ion. This is making me confused on whether it's polar or non-polar.

  8. Does the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate ‘facilitate ...

    Jan 7, 2025 · The second reason is that the phosphate group, $\ce {—PO_3^2-}$ 'activates' the substrate for nucleophilic substitutions as it is a good leaving group—the nucleophilic attack of an …

  9. Phosphate group acidic or not? - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    Jan 28, 2016 · I would like to ask whether or not the "Phosphate Functional Group" itself is acidic. I understand that the compound Phosphoric Acid is very acidic, with several hydrogens. However the …

  10. Does protein phosphorylation add a phosphate group, or does it add a ...

    Dec 12, 2021 · Does protein phosphorylation add a phosphate group, or does it add a phosphoryl group? Wikipedia seems to have conflicting info on it Ask Question Asked 3 years, 11 months ago …