The

students discuss that while this is interesting to know, how is this

information helpful. The researcher says that knowledge here has important

implications on health.  Plus, once you

learn the basic building blocks of life, you can see how different combinations

of the 4 main molecules (carbs, proteins, lipds, nucleic acids) leads to other

important molecules. For e.g. Carbohydrates and proteins can combine to form an

important class of molecules called glycoproteins.

Practice

question: Which of these molecules is formed predominantly by a combination of

carbohydrates and proteins?