ELI5, if DNA codes for proteins, how is stuff like lipids and carbohydrates made?
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Lots of good answers here. I’ll just add that proteins are much, MUCH more complicated than fats and carbohydrates. DNA stores the information needed to properly synthesize the very specific sequence of amino acids needed to produce a working protein.
Fats and carbs are generally much smaller, and are usually just statistical mixtures rather than specific sequences of monomers.
Lots of good answers here. I’ll just add that proteins are much, MUCH more complicated than fats and carbohydrates. DNA stores the information needed to properly synthesize the very specific sequence of amino acids needed to produce a working protein.
Fats and carbs are generally much smaller, and are usually just statistical mixtures rather than specific sequences of monomers.
Carbohydrates are sugars. They’re made by plants through photosynthesis. Plants breath in carbon dioxide and take water from the soil through their roots. They turn these into sugar and breathe out oxygen.
Animals can turn excess sugar into a carbohydrate called glycogen. If they have too much glycogen stored, the sugar gets turned into fat (lipid) instead.
Carbohydrates are sugars. They’re made by plants through photosynthesis. Plants breath in carbon dioxide and take water from the soil through their roots. They turn these into sugar and breathe out oxygen.
Animals can turn excess sugar into a carbohydrate called glycogen. If they have too much glycogen stored, the sugar gets turned into fat (lipid) instead.
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