NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
BIOCHEMISTRY
Question
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The building blocks of proteins are ____
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lipids
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DNA
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nucleotides
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amino acids
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The building blocks of proteins are amino acids, which are small organic molecules that consist of an alpha (central) carbon atom linked to an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a variable component called a side chain (see below).
Detailed explanation-2: -Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Think of amino acids as the individual beads on a necklace. There are 20 different kinds of amino acids, and the resulting protein depends on the number and sequence of the amino acids that are linked together.
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