Nitrogen in plants?

Question

in a plant, where is the majority of nitrogen found?

Answer 1

Nitrogen is found in proteins and DNA.

Parts of plants that we eat for protein primarily are the seeds, which includes all grains. Soy, nuts, peanuts,

Answer 2

In proteins and to a lesser extent, nucleic acids

There are four principle groups of biomolecules. Proteins are made of amino acids, each of which contains nitrogen (see http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/dbbrows... for structures). Nucleic acids are made of nucleotides which contain a fair amount of nitrogen as well, especially in the purine bases (see http://distancelearning.ksi.edu/demo/bio... for structures). There is more protein than nucleic acid in a living organism, so most of the nitrogen in a plant is in its proteins.

Carbohydrates and lipids have little or no nitrogen