Pyrophosphate

Pyrophosphate
Names
	Other names Diphosphate or dipolyphosphate
Identifiers
CAS Number	14000-31-8 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:18361 ;
ChemSpider	559142 ;
DrugBank	DB04160 ;
E number	E450 (thickeners, ...)
Gmelin Reference	26938
PubChem CID	644102;
UNII	X3SSV2V6L3;
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Properties
Chemical formula	P; 2O4−; 7
Molar mass	173.943 g·mol−1
Conjugate acid	Pyrophosphoric acid
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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In chemistry, pyrophosphates are phosphorus oxyanions that contain two phosphorus atoms in a P–O–P linkage. A number of pyrophosphate salts exist, such as disodium pyrophosphate (Na₂H₂P₂O₇) and tetrasodium pyrophosphate (Na₄P₂O₇), among others. Often pyrophosphates are called diphosphates. The parent pyrophosphates are derived from partial or complete neutralization of pyrophosphoric acid. The pyrophosphate bond is also sometimes referred to as a phosphoanhydride bond, a naming convention which emphasizes the loss of water that occurs when two phosphates form a new P–O–P bond, and which mirrors the nomenclature for anhydrides of carboxylic acids. Pyrophosphates are found in ATP and other nucleotide triphosphates, which are very important in biochemistry.

Pyrophosphates are prepared by heating phosphates, hence the name pyro-phosphate (from the Ancient Greek: πῦρ, πυρός, romanized: pyr, pyros, lit. 'fire'^[1]). More precisely, they are generated by heating phosphoric acids to the extent that a condensation reaction occurs.

Pyrophosphates are generally white or colorless. The alkali metal salts are water-soluble.^[2] They are good complexing agents for metal ions (such as calcium and many transition metals) and have many uses in industrial chemistry. Pyrophosphate is the first member of an entire series of polyphosphates.^[3]

The term pyrophosphate is also the name of esters formed by the condensation of a phosphorylated biological compound with inorganic phosphate, as for dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. This bond is also referred to as a high-energy phosphate bond.

In biochemistry[]

The anion P
₂O⁴⁻
₇ is abbreviated PP_i, standing for inorganic pyrophosphate. It is formed by the hydrolysis of ATP into AMP in cells.

ATP → AMP + PP_i

For example, when a nucleotide is incorporated into a growing DNA or RNA strand by a polymerase, pyrophosphate (PP_i) is released. Pyrophosphorolysis is the reverse of the polymerization reaction in which pyrophosphate reacts with the 3′-nucleosidemonophosphate (NMP or dNMP), which is removed from the oligonucleotide to release the corresponding triphosphate (dNTP from DNA, or NTP from RNA).

The pyrophosphate anion has the structure P
₂O⁴⁻
₇, and is an acid anhydride of phosphate. It is unstable in aqueous solution and hydrolyzes into inorganic phosphate:

P
₂O⁴⁻
₇ + H₂O → 2 HPO²⁻
₄

or in biologists' shorthand notation:

PP_i + H₂O → 2 P_i + 2 H⁺

In the absence of enzymic catalysis, hydrolysis reactions of simple polyphosphates such as pyrophosphate, linear triphosphate, ADP, and ATP normally proceed extremely slowly in all but highly acidic media.^[4]

(The reverse of this reaction is a method of preparing pyrophosphates by heating phosphates.)

This hydrolysis to inorganic phosphate effectively renders the cleavage of ATP to AMP and PP_i irreversible, and biochemical reactions coupled to this hydrolysis are irreversible as well.

PP_i occurs in synovial fluid, blood plasma, and urine at levels sufficient to block calcification and may be a natural inhibitor of hydroxyapatite formation in extracellular fluid (ECF).^[5] Cells may channel intracellular PP_i into ECF.^[6] ANK is a nonenzymatic plasma-membrane PP_i channel that supports extracellular PP_i levels.^[6] Defective function of the membrane PP_i channel ANK is associated with low extracellular PP_i and elevated intracellular PP_i.^[5] Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (ENPP) may function to raise extracellular PP_i.^[6]

From the standpoint of high energy phosphate accounting, the hydrolysis of ATP to AMP and PP_i requires two high-energy phosphates, as to reconstitute AMP into ATP requires two phosphorylation reactions.

AMP + ATP → 2 ADP

2 ADP + 2 P_i → 2 ATP

The plasma concentration of inorganic pyrophosphate has a reference range of 0.58–3.78 µM (95% prediction interval).^[7]

Terpenes[]

Isopentenyl pyrophosphate converts to geranyl pyrophosphate the precursor to tens of thousand of terpenes and terpenoids.^[8]

Isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) condense to produce geranyl pyrophosphate, precursor to all terpenes and terpenoids.

As a food additive[]

Various diphosphates are used as emulsifiers, stabilisers, acidity regulators, raising agents, sequestrants, and in food processing.^[9] They are classified in the E number scheme under E450:^[10]

E450(a): disodium dihydrogen diphosphate; trisodium diphosphate; tetrasodium diphosphate (TSPP); tetrapotassium diphosphate

E450(b): pentasodium and pentapotassium triphosphate

E450(c): sodium and potassium polyphosphates

In particular, various formulations of diphosphates are used to stabilize whipped cream.^[11]

References[]

^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
^ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Phosphate. Encyclopedia of Earth. Topic ed. Andy Jorgensen. Ed.-in-Chief C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
^ Van Wazer JR, Griffith EJ, McCullough JF (Jan 1955). "Structure and Properties of the Condensed Phosphates. VII. Hydrolytic Degradation of Pyro- and Tripolyphosphate". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 77 (2): 287–291. doi:10.1021/ja01607a011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ho AM, Johnson MD, Kingsley DM (Jul 2000). "Role of the mouse ank gene in control of tissue calcification and arthritis". Science. 289 (5477): 265–70. Bibcode:2000Sci...289..265H. doi:10.1126/science.289.5477.265. PMID 10894769.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Rutsch F, Vaingankar S, Johnson K, Goldfine I, Maddux B, Schauerte P, Kalhoff H, Sano K, Boisvert WA, Superti-Furga A, Terkeltaub R (Feb 2001). "PC-1 nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase deficiency in idiopathic infantile arterial calcification". Am J Pathol. 158 (2): 543–54. doi:10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63996-X. PMC 1850320. PMID 11159191.
^ Ryan LM, Kozin F, McCarty DJ (1979). "Quantification of human plasma inorganic pyrophosphate. I. Normal values in osteoarthritis and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease". Arthritis Rheum. 22 (8): 886–91. doi:10.1002/art.1780220812. PMID 223577.
^ Eberhard Breitmaier (2006). "Hemi‐ and Monoterpenes". Terpenes: Flavors, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones. pp. 10–23. doi:10.1002/9783527609949.ch2. ISBN 9783527609949.
^ Codex Alimentarius 1A, 2nd ed, 1995, pp. 71, 82, 91
^ D. J. Jukes, Food Legislation of the UK: A Concise Guide, Elsevier, 2013, p. 60–61
^ Ricardo A. Molins, Phosphates in Food, p. 115

External links[]

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Pyrophosphates at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[1] Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[2] C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Phosphate. Encyclopedia of Earth. Topic ed. Andy Jorgensen. Ed.-in-Chief C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC

[3] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

[Wazer-4] Van Wazer JR, Griffith EJ, McCullough JF (Jan 1955). "Structure and Properties of the Condensed Phosphates. VII. Hydrolytic Degradation of Pyro- and Tripolyphosphate". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 77 (2): 287–291. doi:10.1021/ja01607a011.

[Ho-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ho AM, Johnson MD, Kingsley DM (Jul 2000). "Role of the mouse ank gene in control of tissue calcification and arthritis". Science. 289 (5477): 265–70. Bibcode:2000Sci...289..265H. doi:10.1126/science.289.5477.265. PMID 10894769.

[Rutsch-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Rutsch F, Vaingankar S, Johnson K, Goldfine I, Maddux B, Schauerte P, Kalhoff H, Sano K, Boisvert WA, Superti-Furga A, Terkeltaub R (Feb 2001). "PC-1 nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase deficiency in idiopathic infantile arterial calcification". Am J Pathol. 158 (2): 543–54. doi:10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63996-X. PMC 1850320. PMID 11159191.

[7] Ryan LM, Kozin F, McCarty DJ (1979). "Quantification of human plasma inorganic pyrophosphate. I. Normal values in osteoarthritis and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease". Arthritis Rheum. 22 (8): 886–91. doi:10.1002/art.1780220812. PMID 223577.

[8] Eberhard Breitmaier (2006). "Hemi‐ and Monoterpenes". Terpenes: Flavors, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones. pp. 10–23. doi:10.1002/9783527609949.ch2. ISBN 9783527609949.

[9] Codex Alimentarius 1A, 2nd ed, 1995, pp. 71, 82, 91

[10] D. J. Jukes, Food Legislation of the UK: A Concise Guide, Elsevier, 2013, p. 60–61

[11] Ricardo A. Molins, Phosphates in Food, p. 115

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Pyrophosphate

Contents

In biochemistry[]

Terpenes[]

As a food additive[]

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