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how does dna influence the synthesis of lipids, carbohydrates, and ster…

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how does dna influence the synthesis of lipids, carbohydrates, and steroids? multiple choice junk dna and stop codons are recycled to code for nonprotein molecules. the trna that binds to the large subunit also carries the functional groups to synthesize these compounds. base triplets that do not code for amino acids, code for the components of these compounds. the proteins that dna codes for catalyze the reactions that synthesize these compounds.

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DNA primarily codes for proteins. Lipids, carbohydrates, and steroids are not directly encoded by DNA. Instead, the enzymes (which are proteins) that DNA codes for act as catalysts to drive the biochemical reactions that synthesize these non-protein molecules. The other options are incorrect: junk DNA/stop codons do not code for these molecules, tRNA does not carry functional groups for their synthesis, and non-amino acid coding base triplets do not code for their components.

Answer:

The proteins that DNA codes for catalyze the reactions that synthesize these compounds.