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what subunits are proteins broken down into during digestion?
o glycerol
o simple sugars
o amino acids
o fatty acids
o nucleotides
Brief Explanations
Proteins are composed of amino - acid chains. During digestion, enzymes break the peptide bonds in proteins, releasing individual amino acids. Glycerol is a product of fat digestion, simple sugars from carbohydrate digestion, fatty acids from fats, and nucleotides from nucleic acid digestion.
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C. amino acids