phosphoanhydride

Noun

Meaning

phosphoanhydride (plural phosphoanhydrides)

(inorganic chemistry) The anhydride of a phosphoric acid or, especially, of a polyphosphoric acid

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Related terms

phosphoanhydridic

Examples

Kinases are needed to stabilize this reaction because the phosphoanhydride bond contains a high level of energy. Source: Internet

The bonds formed after hydrolysis – or the phosphorylation of a residue by ATP – are lower in energy than the phosphoanhydride bonds of ATP. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

phosphoamidase phosphoamide phosphoaminoglycoside phosphoanhydridic phosphoanion phosphoantibody