Why is the Nitrogen cycle so important to understand? Name key uses of Nitrogen in the living world.

Nitrogen: Is used throughout the living world as it is one of the main components of the DNA and RNA. Every base (adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine(T), and uracil (U)) consists of at least two Nirtogen atoms. But Nirtogen is not only used to transfer information through DNA/RNA but it is also an important component of the amino acids.

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