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alt-mswzebo t1_jb3syzf wrote

Answers here are focused on proteins and that is correct, but nucleotides (DNA and more abundant RNA) are also an important source of nitrogen in urine. In bacteria, there is about half as much nucleic acid by dry weight as protein. Nucleotides are less nitrogen-dense than proteins but still a major contributor to nitrogen in urine.

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