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RELATIONS OF THE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCfS 



NUCLEO-PROTEINS 



Nucleases 



I 



NL'CLEiC ACID 



P^Os 



PURIXS 



e.g. Adenin 



I 



N=C H 



I i I 

 H— C C— N 



II ll 

 N— C-N- 



Deamidase 



PURI>'3 



OF 

 Flesh 



\C— H 





e.g. Hvpoxanthine 



O 



II 

 H— N-C H 



H— C C— Ns 



II il // 

 X— C— N^ 



Oxydase 

 I 



Uric Acid 



C— H 



Mox-Amino 

 Acids 



H O 



. I II 

 >N— C— C— OH 



■; I 

 i H 



Deamidase 



Ammonium 

 Carbonate 



O 



H,N-0-C-0— XH, 



Dehydrating 

 Enzymes 



I 

 Di-Amino Acids 



e.g. Arginin 



H 



I 

 NHo H H H : H N 



HO— C — C— C — C— C- X— C N] 



II I I I I 

 H H H H 



Ornith.in 



GuaniiQ 



Creatin 



NHCH.H 



I' I I II 

 H„N-C— N— C— C— OH 



I 

 H 



H 



I 

 N- 



I 

 0=C 



I 

 N - 



H 







II 

 -C 



I 



c- 



il 

 — c- 



H 



I 



I 

 H 



)C 



4- 



L'rea 



I) 



Creatiniii 



NH 



II 

 C 



A 



H,C-X X-H 



H,C 



Phos- 

 phates 



Uricoclastase- 



Uric Acid 



V H,N-C— NH, 

 Urea (or Ammonia) 



C 



II 

 



Creatinin 



The NHj groups marked with ♦ are changed to urea. 



