Storage of Phosphate

R. Weimberg (1970). Effect of potassium chloride on the uptake and storage of phosphate by Saccharomyces mellis. J. Bacteriol., 103, 37-48. 

Raboy, V, 1997, Accumulation and storage of phosphate and minerals. In Larkins, B.A., Vasil, I.K. (eds.), Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plant Seed Development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 441-477. 

The adenine nucleotides (AMP, ADP, and ATP) comprise a family of cofactors which are of prime importance in the transport of phosphate. The importance of phosphate as a means of transforming chemical potential and oxidation energy into metabolically active forms has been amply discussed by Lipmann and by Kalckar and others and needs no elaboration here. The major role of the adenine nucleotide system is the transport and storage of phosphate bond energy. 

Townsend and De Luca have studied the influence of lyoprotectans (LP) on ribonu-clease (Ri) [3.14-3.17] as a protein model. Lyoprotection is defined as stabilization and prevention of degeneration of macromolecules during freeze drying as well as during storage. With phosphate buffer at pH 3 to pH 10, Ri in the dry stage loses its activity at 45 °C... 

The storage of genetic information and the transcription and translation of this information are functions of the nucleic acids deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). They are polymers whose building blocks are nucleotides, which are themselves combinations of three parts, i.e. a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and phosphate (see Section 14.1). 

Mechanism of Action An electrolyte that is essential for the function and integrity of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems. Calcium plays an important role in normal cardiac and renal function, respiration, blood coagulation, and cell membrane and capillary permeability. It helps regulate the release and storage of neurotransmitters and hormones, and it neutralizes or reduces gastric acid (increase pH). Calcium acetate combines with dietary phosphate to form insoluble calcium phosphate. Therapeutic Effect Replaces calcium in deficiency states controls hyperphosphatemia in end-stage renal disease. 

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