• Question: Cells are made of enzymes right, or was that random?

    Asked by Jefferythe3rd to MarthaNari on 22 Jun 2015.
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      Martha Havenith answered on 22 Jun 2015:


      Cells are not made of enzymes, but they do contain enzymes. Enzymes are a specific type of proteins that can break down bigger molecules. They’re the scissors of the molecule world. 🙂 Different enzymes are very important to have in a cell because by breaking down specific molecules, they create energy, building materials etc. for the cell. The walls of a cell itself are made of fats and proteins, it is filled with fluid (cytoplasm) and some other structures, and at the core it contains DNA.

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