Phosphate Balance In Higher Organisms Elucidated
Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 23:14
in Biology & Nature
Polyphosphate chains play an important physiological role in many organisms, for example to ensure cell growth even under deficiency conditions. Chemists and biochemists have now gained insight into the basic data on the formation mechanism of polyphosphate chains. The scientists have been able to identify the first x-ray structure of the enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of polyphosphates in highly developed organisms (eukaryotes) and to distinguish the basic biochemical processes.