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How are Glucose, Proteins, and Fats used to make new molecules? And what types of molecules are made?

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Sometimes known as glycans, there are three common and principal types of polysaccharide, cellulose, starch and glycogen, all made by joining together molecules of glucose in different ways. It has been estimated that 50% of the world's organic carbon is found in one molecule; cellulose.

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