Difference between revisions of "Phosphate"
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|description=A '''phosphate''', an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In solutions (near physiological pH values) the species HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> will dominate. | |description=A '''phosphate''', an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In solutions (near physiological pH values) the species HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> will dominate. | ||
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Revision as of 16:48, 23 May 2012
Description
A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In solutions (near physiological pH values) the species HPO42- and H2PO4- will dominate.
Reference: Scheibye-Knudsen 2009 Eur J Appl Physiol
MitoPedia topics:
Substrate and metabolite
Comment:
Most of the media used in HRR already contain phosphate because it is not that easy to isolate mitochondria in buffers without phosphate. Furthermore obtaining a Leak state without phosphate will not work that good.