Sort the following from a low to a high contribution to the total mass of an E. coli bacterium. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters A to D only, e.g. DCBA.
(A) Water
(B) Sugars
(C) Proteins
(D) Nucleic acids

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Water accounts for about 70% of the total mass in a typical cell. In the remaining "dry mass," proteins constitute about half, the nucleic acids RNA and DNA are next, and polysaccharides (and their sugar monomers) are still less abundant.

Sort the Following from a Low to a High Contribution