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Origin of life molecules
- Green dots are unpaired native electrons that delocalize.
- Yellow dots are electrons not native to the atom
upper left:
- nitrogen, carbon monoxide, cyanide, & acetylene which are isoelectronic
- ozone
- carbon dioxide
- formic acid
- thioformic acid
- hydrogen sulfide
- formamide
- formaldehyde & methanol
- ammonia
- hexamine
lower left:
- ethylene
- fatty acid
- ethylamine
- glycolipid
- retinal (cf coenzyme Q10)
upper right:
- iron-sulfur cluster
- amino acids
lower right:
- calcium carbonate
- phosphate
- citric acid
- pyruvate
- guanidine + cyanide
- urea
bottom:
- uroporphyrinogen
- 2 aminolevulinic acid molecules (glycine and succinyl-CoA) becoming porphobilinogen (4 of which become uroporphyrinogen)
u/Comfortable_World_69 — 14 hours ago