If a cell were unable to take up or make sugars,which class of molecule(s)would it be unable to make?

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Sugars are the building blocks of carbohydrates, so without the ability to take up or make sugars, a cell would be unable to synthesize carbohydrates. Additionally, sugars are also components of the nucleotides that make up nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), so the cell would also struggle to synthesize nucleic acids. Proteins and lipids, while also essential to cellular function, do not directly require sugars for their synthesis, although the overall metabolic pathways are interconnected.

If a Cell Were Unable to Take Up or Make