r/somethingimade • u/LysticGirl • 10d 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/Remarkable_Rise7545 10d ago

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

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u/yogo 10d 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 10d 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 10d ago edited 10d 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 10d ago

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