Question

Since phosphorous in the environment has a link to physiology, is phosphorus structurally required for: ATP, nucleic acids, cell membrane, all of these, or none of these?

Answer 1

Since phosphorous in the environment has a link to physiology, is phosphorus structurally required for: ATP, nucleic acids, cell membrane- all of these.

Explanation- ATP consists of an adenosine moiety to which three phosphoryl groups are are sequentially linked via phosphodiester bond followed by two phosphoanhydride bonds, referred to as high energy bond.

Both nucleic acids, DNA and RNA are the phosphate esters of nucleosides which are made up of three components a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and an ion of phosphoric acid.

Phosphorus is forms an important component of cell membrane in the form of phospholipids.

So, Phosphorus is structurally linked to ATP, nucleic acids, and cell membrane forms an important component in them.