Phosphomonoesters (or phosphoric esters) are chemical compounds containing one ester bond and a phosphate group.

In biology, phosphomonoesters are needed as the building blocks for the synthesis of Phospholipid cellular membranes, especially those found on neurons.[1] Enzymes which cleave these bonds are known as phosphomonoesterases, or phosphatases.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Beardsly, Tim (March 1994). "Molecular Mischief". Scientific American. 270 (3): 20–21. Bibcode:1994SciAm.270c..20B. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0394-20.
  2. ↑ Shabarova, Zoe; Alexey Bogdanov (1994). Advanced Organic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids. p. 206.


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