Adenine is found in numerous biological molecules (for example, DNA, RNA, NADH, ATP). You are now...

Adenine is found in numerous biological molecules (for example, DNA, RNA, NADH, ATP). You are now asked to explain the evolution of adenine and at least 5 of these biological (Adenine containing) molecules and how they may have evolved (the order). *

Expert Solution

Adenine is a nucleobase. It is one among the four nucleobases in nucleic acid of DNA that is represented by the letters G–C–A–T. The three others are guanine, cytosine and thymine.

Adenine forms adenosine, a nucleoside, when attached to ribose, deoxyadenosine when attached to deoxyribose. It forms the adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a nucleoside triphosphate, when three phosphate groups are added to adenosine.

Adenine has several important roles in the field of biochemistry which involves energy rich ATP and NAD, protein synthesis, and chemical components of DNA and RNA.

So initially the adenine e was called vitamin B4, but later it had been found that it's involved in many organic process in numerous forms.

Function:

ATP, NADH and FADH are the energy currency obtained during metastasis process and release of energy helps in other body function and metabolism.

DNA and RNA are the genetic material in living beings.

And the Adenine is the basic unit of these. It is a purine and which when pairs with thiamine helps in giving DNA a helical srtructure as well as without adenine a genetic process can't be completed and hence life could be stopped.

gladiator answered 2 years ago

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