Phosphate

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Phosphate

Description

Inorganic phosphate is a salt of phosphoric acid. In solution near physiological pH, the species HPO₄^2- and H₂PO₄^- dominate. See also: Phosphate carrier.

Reference: Scheibye-Knudsen 2009 Eur J Appl Physiol

MitoPedia topics: Substrate and metabolite 

Comment

Most of the media used in HRFR contain inorganic phosphate (MiR05-Kit). It is not easy to isolate mitochondria in buffers without phosphate to study LEAK respiration limited by the absence of phosphate.