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Origin of life molecules

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