Phosphonates: Their Natural Occurrence and Physiological Role
Open Access
- 9 September 2020
- book chapter
- Published by IntechOpen
Abstract
The first natural compound containing carbon-to-phosphorus bond—ciliatine was discovered 60 years ago, and for four decades, phosphonates were considered simply as a biological curiosity. Finding the importance of these compounds in biogeochemical phosphorus cycling, their role in methane production, as well as discovery of numerous phosphonates and phosphonopeptides of promising antibacterial and antifungal activities has stimulated the development of studies on this class of compounds, especially on their metabolism and biochemistry. These studies are driven by the use of 31P NMR and by a clever combination of genomics and innovative chemistry by using the method of selective labeling of metabolites. These studies revealed unusual and interesting chemistry of these compounds.Keywords
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