Explore: Sugar Phosphates

Sugar phosphates (sugars that have added or substituted phosphate groups) are often used in biological systems to store or transfer energy. They also

Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar and icing sugar, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state.

polymerase) --------> * * * * ! ! ! ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | RNA | <--ribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone G U A U | Pol | <--RNA primer * * * * |_ _ _ _| <--hydrogen

since they consume energy to convert the glucose into two three-carbon sugar phosphates (G3P). Once glucose enters the cell, the first step is phosphorylation

phosphodiester linkage) between the sugar of one nucleotide and the phosphate of the next, resulting in an alternating sugar-phosphate backbone. The nitrogenous

pentoses (five-carbon sugars) as well as ribose 5-phosphate, a precursor for the synthesis of nucleotides. While the pentose phosphate pathway does involve

Fructose phosphates are sugar phosphates based upon fructose, and are common in the biochemistry of cells. A fructose phosphate is formed when fructose

sugars are oxidized in mitochondria. The carbohydrate products of the Calvin cycle are three-carbon sugar phosphate molecules, or "triose phosphates"

sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA is broken, cleaving the RNA molecule. RNA is susceptible to this base-catalyzed hydrolysis because the ribose sugar in

naturally occurring RNA and DNA, through substitutions of any of its sugar, phosphate, and nucleobase components. They are used in medicine and in molecular