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The function of the genetic material is to store the information needed by the cell to make proteins. Why only proteins? One reason is that a very important class of molecules - the enzymes - are proteins. By making enzymes, which catalyse all reactions in the cell, the cell is able to control which reactions take place and how fast they happen. For example, red blood cells (before they lose their nucleus) need to make the red oxygen-carrying pigment called haemoglobin. The red cell will use the instructions in the genetic material (DNA) to make the enzymes needed to make haemoglobin. Other cells will make different enzymes to male other substances. http://www.angelfire.com/clone2/nucleic_acids/functions.htm http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/16/concept/index.html

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