The oxygen anion in the phosphate group is likely to be bonded with a hydrogen cation and thus forming a hydroxyl.
When the phosphate group is condensed with glycerol to make a phospholipid, is the hydroxyl from the glycerol molecule taken or the hydroxyl from the phosphate group taken?
I believe it's related to the difference of electronegativity of oxygen and phosphorus which causes unequal sharing of electrons between atoms, thus making a hydroxyl from one side easier to get taken off than the hydroxyl from the other side is.
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