The first article I read in this section dealt with a few different things that go on inside of
a cell. One of the question is what would happen to a cell with a low supply of energy? There are
many processes of the cell that will stop working but the most crucial step that will stop is the
rebuilding of the macromolecules. The cells macromolecules are constantly breaking down and
needing to be rebuilt, if the cell doesn't have enough energy to do this process the cell will get
run down and it will die. An interesting fact about the macromolecules in cells is that different
cells break down there macromolecules at different rates, the enzymes in your red blood cells
break down every couple of hours while cells like DNA and the proteins of the lens of the eye
will last a very long time and rarely degrade. The degrading of these molecules allow the body
to clean out the harmful intruders in the cell and prepare for other demands that the cell has
placed upon it.......
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