I were never good at Biology, but always wanted to know what a cell is actually made off. I know there are some little things in the cell, but what I meant, what chemical elements is one made off?
I suppose mostly of H2O, but maybe something else. That’s why I’m here, as I couldn’t find anything online. Maybe I’m just too stupid to find things on the web, but anyways, I would love to know it. Thank you guys!
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All living things are made of four basic macromolecules:
1) Carbohydrates – for energy. 2) Fat – storage, buoyancy, thermal insulation and cell membranes. 3) Proteins – building blocks of mostly everything including enzymes. 4) nucleic acids – needed for DNA, RNA and ATP.
The most basic of the 4 are carbohydrates named because they’re made of carbon (carbo) hydrogen (hydr) and oxygen (-ate , suffix for any chemical containing oxygen). Fats contain less oxygen (6 molecules of oxygen per fat molecule) and proteins and nucleic acids also contain other elements like sulphur, selenium, nitrogen, phosphorus. There are other elemental metal ions involved in life too such as iron and copper.
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