Die #Biologie-#Leistungskurs-Tochter gerade ganz entgeistert zu mir: "Du weißt nicht, was #Uracil ist!?!?"
Jetzt weiß ich es. Und ich weiß auch wieder, warum _ich_ keinen Bio-LK genommen habe.
Die #Biologie-#Leistungskurs-Tochter gerade ganz entgeistert zu mir: "Du weißt nicht, was #Uracil ist!?!?"
Jetzt weiß ich es. Und ich weiß auch wieder, warum _ich_ keinen Bio-LK genommen habe.
❛❛ #adenine #guanine #cytosine #thymine & #uracil … necessary to build #DNA & #RNA … traces of important organic compounds like xanthine, hypoxanthine, & nicotinic acid (#vitamin B3).
In addition to suggesting that life could exist elsewhere in the #universe, the #molecules found on Bennu raise provocative questions about the #origins of #life on #Earth. ❜❜
#Bennu #asteroid was discovered in 1999 & sampled in 2020.
🔗 https://www.Salon.com/2025/01/30/building-blocks-of-life-discovered-on-asteroid-bennu/ 2025 Jan 30
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu
The Basics of Purines and Pyrimidines: Understanding the Building Blocks of DNA and RNA
#Adenine, #CellSignaling, #Cytosine, #DNA, #EnzymeRegulation, #Guanine, #Purines, #Pyrimidines, #RNA, #Thymine, #Uracil #Genetics In the realm of molecular biology, few molecules are as crucial as purines and pyrimidines. These organic compounds serve as…. Medical Microbiology & Recombinant DNA Technology (RDT) Labs | Read More -
#Adenine, #CellSignaling, #Cytosine, #DNA, #EnzymeRegulation, #Guanine, #Purines, #Pyrimidines, #RNA, #Thymine, #Uracil #Genetics In the realm of molecular biology, few molecules are as crucial as …
Genetic precursor and vitamin B3 found in Ryugu asteroid
#Uracil #niacin #asteroids #biology #ExtraterrestrialLife #Ryugu #Hyabusa2
https://hesgen.substack.com/p/genetic-precursor-and-vitamin-b3
#Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) #Ryugu | Nature Communications
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36904-3
"Here we report the detection of uracil, one of the four nucleobases in ribonucleic acid, in aqueous extracts from Ryugu samples. In addition, nicotinic acid (niacin, a B3 vitamer), its derivatives, and imidazoles were detected in search for nitrogen heterocyclic molecules."
This is an important step in detecting life and also it's origins in the universe.
#Science #Astrobiology #Hayabusa2
Uracil was identified in the sample returned from the asteroid Ryugu. Having been provided to the early Earth as a component in such asteroidal materials, these molecules might have played a role for prebiotic chemical evolution on the early Earth
#astronomy #astrobiology #JAXA #Hayabusa2 #Ryugu #asteroid #uracil #VitaminB3
An article published in the journal "Nature Communications" reports the discovery of uracil, one of the bases of RNA, and niacin, i.e. vitamin B3, in the samples of asteroid Ryugu brought back to Earth by the Japanese Hayabusa 2 space probe. https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2023/03/23/uracil-and-vitamin-b3-found-in-samples-from-asteroid-ryugu/
A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu
#ScienceNews #asteroids #Ryugu #uracil #astronomy #planetaryScience
#RNA molecule uracil found in #asteroid #Ryugu samples.
#uracil #originoflife #nicotinicacid
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rna-molecule-uracil-asteroid-ryugu.html
Researchers have analyzed samples of the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found uracil, one of the informational units that make up RNA, the molecules that contain the instructions for how to build and operate living organisms. Nicotinic acid, also known as Vitamin B3 or niacin, which is an important cofactor for metabolism in living organisms, was also detected in the same samples.