Name two biologically important compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen.

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Name two biologically important compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen.

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answered Sep 17, 2017 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 34 106
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Two biologically important compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen are 

Proteins (their basic units are amino acids which are made up of an amino group with nitrogen and a carboxylic acid with oxygen in them) Nucleic acids- both DNA and RNA are compounds with a ribose and phosphate groups with oxygen and the nitrogen bases with nitrogen

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