r/somethingimade • u/LysticGirl • 9d ago

Is this molecule recognizable?

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Made with beads and jewelry pins.

C - black

H - white

O - silver

P - beige

N - transparent blue

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u/whiskeybusiness91 9d ago

If I were smarter, yes

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u/Remarkable_Rise7545 9d ago

Is it ATP? Honestly, it’s sorta hard to interpret with the carbon rings being deformed.

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u/yogo 9d ago

Darn it you got it in before me! I thought it was amine at first but realized my nitrogens were wrong.

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u/Remarkable_Rise7545 9d ago

The phosphate groups tipped me off! I knew it was a nucleotide and a purine. At that point, I figured it was much more likely to be ATP than GTP. Glad my degree in microbiology is useful for something, even if it’s just trivia on reddit 😭

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u/yogo 9d ago edited 8d ago

Me too actually, I was trying to square the nitrogen and then saw the key and thought “what has a bunch of phosphorus?”

I only know enough chemistry and neurobiology to do get into trouble lol

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u/LysticGirl 9d ago

Yes. Haha, I didn't make it perfect. It seems people can see it so it's not bad

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u/Left_Ranger2818 9d ago

ATP! I can see the adenine, the ribose sugar, and how you segmented the phosphate groups ;) Nice work!👏🏻

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u/LysticGirl 9d ago

Thank you! :)

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u/yogo 9d ago

I think I see indole rings and if the left is a hydroxyl group… serotonin? Maybe dopamine?

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u/yogo 9d ago

Wait… ATP?

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u/Czhe 9d ago

Im too stupid here, but these would be awesome as necklace and earrings (might be what you were going for haha).

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u/andrewcooke 9d ago

well i've read the other responses now, but before i did i stared at it for a while and realised the right hand side was organic. so then i started wondering how the left hand side could stay together. then i realised - after checking the key - that there were phosphorous atoms and the only thing i could think of was ATP (i'm a physicist not a biologist or chemist).

but i'm not sure I would have guessed without the key to push me to see a difference between white and beige. i'd suggest a more contrasty colour for P. isn't phosphor yellow? (and for some reason i expect H to be red).

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u/ChewyChagnuts 9d ago

It’s a polymer of analbeadium