[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math

View post   
File: 9 KB, 200x201, 200px-Porphyrin.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5264998 No.5264998 [Reply] [Original]

Hey, I've got a question,
why does this exsit in plants (chlorophyll alpha), blood (beta heme group), and mitochondria (cytochrome complex)?

>> No.5265002

It is effective at what it is doing, and forms during natural processes.

That's all that is needed, because organic chemistry and evolution do not have goals or designs.

>> No.5265007

>>5265002
I get that,
really I want to know what the common ancestor is for everything with this in it.

>> No.5266068

>>5264998
There doesn't have to be anything in common;
it's a (fairly) easily-formed and useful compound.

Now, something much larger and more complex might suggest a connection, but I don't think this is all that complex.

>> No.5266239

DAT CHEMICAL, seriously, check the symmetry on that