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Nitrogen occurs in all organisms, primarily in amino acids (and thus proteins), in the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and in the energy transfer molecule adenosine triphosphate. The human body contains about 3% by mass of nitrogen, the fourth most abundant element in the body after oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen.
Each nucleotide includes one nitrogenous base, attached to the 1â carbon of the sugar. A nitrogenous base is an organic molecule containing both carbon and nitrogen atoms. The name nitrogenous base signifies that several nitrogen atoms act as bases in solution. In nucleic acids, nitrogenous bases contain either one ring or two fused rings.