Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The ability to store energy within covalent bonds and to transform this energy into biological reactions is vital for all pro- and eukaryotic cells. Among the wide variety of high-energy compounds, polyphosphate (polyP), a polymer of three to more than a thousand phosphoanhydrid-linked phosphate groups is one of the most ancient energy-rich molecules. Despite its structural simplicity, energy storage is only one of the multiple biological functions of polyP, which we briefly highlight here.
Source: BIOspektrum
Authors: Martin Milanov, Markus Vögtle, Hans-Georg Koch
Institution: University of Freiburg
Language: English
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4407840075