Amino acids, fatty acids, sugars, and nucleotides are produced during which metabolic reaction?

a. Fueling
b. Biosynthesis
c. Polymerization
d. Assembly


B
During biosynthesis, amino acids, fatty acids, sugars, and nucleotides are produced using pre-cursor products in dozens of pathways to produce nearly 100 different products.

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