This is a molecule of glucose, a simple carbohydrate. If this molecule were broken down, would it provide all of the elements needed to assemble lipids, nucleic acids, or proteins? Use evidence from the diagram in your answer.

As it can be seen from the diagram, the breakdown of glucose molecules will release hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. All these elements are needed to make lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. But apart from these elements, other elements are also required for the making of these compounds. For example, nucleic acid would require the elements nitrogen and phosphorus apart from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for its making. Proteins would need nitrogen, sulphur and selenium apart from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

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Histrionicus Histrionicus · Answer 2 · 2021-09-03T11:18:16+02:00

The breakdown of glucose molecules would not provide all the elements required to assemble lipids, nucleic acid, or protein as they required various other elements other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

The glucose molecule is a simple carbohydrate that is made of three different molecules called carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The breakdown of the glucose molecule provides carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only.

The assemblage of other organic macromolecules that are lipids, nucleic acids, or proteins need other elements along with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen:

Lipids: requires polymer of monomers called fatty acid made up of elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and sometimes Nitrogen, sulfur.

Nucleic acid: nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

protein - elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and selenium with CHO.

Thus, the correct answer is no, it would not provide all elements.

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