BIOLOGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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To use them as energy in case you haven’t eaten in a while
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To replace cells if they have been destroyed
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To create hormones
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To provide genetic instructions
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Detailed explanation-1: -When you eat, your body takes disaccharides and polysaccharides, and it breaks them down into monosaccharides. It is necessary for this breakdown to occur so the sugar units are small enough to be absorbed out of your digestive tract and into your bloodstream.
Detailed explanation-2: -Typically, living organisms break polysaccharides down into glucose, which is a specific simple sugar molecule that cells can transform into energy through the process of cellular respiration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polysaccharides, such as starch, chitin, glycogen, and cellulose, can be broken down into monosaccharides. This occurs through the process of hydrolysis, which uses water to break the bonds between monosaccharides.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polysaccharides can be hydrolysed under acidic conditions. Acid hydrolysis of disaccharides and polysaccharides produces monosaccharides by breaking the glycosidic links (ether bonds) between monomer units in the structure of the molecule.