Explain Atom Rearrangement in Synthesis Practice Test

Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms from glucose are rearranged into new molecules, and nitrogen atoms from soil nutrients are added to build amino acids that are linked into proteins.

Carbon atoms in proteins come mainly from minerals in the soil, while nitrogen atoms come from glucose made in photosynthesis.

Glucose atoms are destroyed and turned into energy, and that energy is converted into new carbon and nitrogen atoms to make proteins.

Protein atoms are created during synthesis as the plant grows, so they do not need to come from earlier molecules like glucose.