A research team tracked the carbon atoms in glucose molecules to see where they ended up when the glucose was taken up and metabolized by human cells grown in culture.The team found that 9 percent of the carbon atoms ended up in proteins.This result provides evidence for which biological function of carbohydrates in living organisms?

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Carbohydrates can be broken down to provide carbon skeletons for the synthesis of other molecules, such as amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.

A Research Team Tracked the Carbon Atoms in Glucose Molecules