ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

PHOSPHORUS - FUNCTIONS 

• Phosphorus occurs in close association with calcium in bone.
• Phosphorus plays a vital role in energy metabolism in the formation of sugar-phosphates and adenosine di- and triphosphates.
• Phosphorus plays a key role in metabolic reaction of carbohydrate, protein and lipids which occurs through phosphorylated intermediate compounds.
• Phosphorus is the component of phospholipids, which are important in lipid transport and metabolism as constituent of cell membranes.
• Phosphorus is constituent of RNA and DNA.
• Phosphorus is a component of many enzyme systems.