Biomolecules Miller-Urey experiment

Only a few years after the Miller-Urey experiment was published, J. Oro was able to synthesize one of the most important biomolecules, adenine. This purine derivative is not only a component of the nucleic acids, but as ATP, adenosine triphosphate (in combination with ribose and three phosphate residues), it plays a key role in the metabolism of all living creatures. The chemical formula of adenine is C5H5N5, or expressed in another way, (HCN)s. 

FIGURE 1-33 Abiotic production of biomolecules. Spark-discharge apparatus of the type used by Miller and Urey in experiments demonstrating abiotic formation of organic compounds under primitive atmospheric conditions. After subjection of the gaseous contents of the system to electrical sparks, products were collected by condensation. Biomolecules such as amino acids were among the products. 

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