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What would happen to your body if a biomolecule is in a low level?

In biology, we consider a biomolecule as a molecule that occur in a living organism.


They are mostly composed of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon; sometimes it is made
up of more chemical elements (N, K, P, and S).

All living things are made up of biomolecules. They are made of polymers,
macromolecules composed by monomers, small molecules. Living things depend on
them; when they aren’t in their complete performance, usually the functions of
the body parts can damage, stop or alter. Life is affected by deficient
biomolecules.

A well known biomolecule is the carbohydrate (CH 2O), a special energy producer,
cell component of structure and protection, ATP helper and reactive of molecules.
It is the fuel of metabolism; a low carbohydrate level could make many cells to die,
because there isn’t enough working in food storage or ATP processes. But
carbohydrates aren’t necessary in human nutrition, all its properties are also
found in fats and proteins, however the molecules of carbohydrates are easy to
process and the brain needs some glucose (carbohydrate type) to get neurons in
movement, the fats and proteins are hard to work and may not be appropriated
for the neuronal system; a lack of carbohydrates may cause weakness because of
the lack of ATP processes (no energy), a lowering in defenses because of the lack
of food in the cells and a lack of other molecules created with the carbohydrates
reactions. Much carbohydrate may cause obesity, that’s why doctors recommend
to eat one carbohydrate per food, in way to avoid this disease and some others
related to it. Foods high in carbohydrates include breads, pastas, beans, potatoes,
bran, rice and cereals. Most such foods are high in starch or cellulose, types of
carbohydrates.

Other type of biomolecule is the lipid, hydrocarbons insoluble in water, because its
non-polar covalent bonds. It’s a strong source of energy provided with many
calories, structural component of the cell membrane, light catcher in
photosynthesis, hormonal regulator and water repellent. The excess of it really
produces obesity and it is very hard to break down by the enzymes. A reducing in
the fatty acids may cause nothing at first, if the person (or any other living thing)
still uses carbohydrates or protein, but after a large process of breaking fats, the
person can get weak because of the lost of energy and hormonal control, thin
because of the lost of fat, inefficient in body processes because of the lack of
structure in cell membranes, and absorber of water because the skin got no
protection. Plants wouldn’t work well in photosynthesis because there is a bad
catching of light.

Another type of biomolecule is the nucleic acids. Those are polymers specialized in
genetic information, mainly in the storage, transmission, use and control. They are
classified in DNA and RNA, types of protein that carry the genetic codes of each
cell in the body and determine the genetic traits. The nucleic acids are polymers
of nucleotides (pentose sugars, phosphate groups or nitrogen bases), which
molecules are formed by attaching a nucleobase to a ribose ring (nucleoside). DNA
and RNA are sequences of bases, the first one in a double-stranded way and the
second one in a single-stranded way. ATP works with nucleotides in energy
transmissions, GTP (guanosine triphosphate) works with it producing energy in
protein synthesis and the cATP (cycling adenosine triphosphate) works with it in
neuronal and hormonal processes. A fail in this biomolecule could be unimaginably
fatal, our DNA sequence, worked during so several years, could be damaged or
even destroyed, because of the lack of bonds in DNA or RNA, the protein
synthesis may not get complete, causing a damage in a whole member of our body.
Some babies with genetic troubles can maybe not have a member of their body,
because the protein that was in charge of making it was missing.

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