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When an enzyme is degraded into its monomeric structural units, the monomers will be

a. amino acids
b. fatty acids
c. nucleotide
d. liquid

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Final answer:

Proteins can be broken down into their monomers, individual amino acids, which can then be used as building blocks for new proteins or for energy production.

Step-by-step explanation:

Proteins, which are polymers, can be broken down into their monomers, individual amino acids. Amino acids can be used as building blocks of new proteins or broken down further for the production of ATP.

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