Question

What happens if the concentration of essential nutrients decreases in cells?

Answer 1

If the concentration of essential nutrients decreases in cells:

1. Plants require nutrients for the same reasons that mammals do.
2. They require them to germinate, develop, combat diseases and pests, and reproduce.
3. Several eukaryotic cells monitor the quantities of various nutrients in the environment and adjust their growth and metabolic rates accordingly.
4. When the concentration of key nutrients falls, cells preserve scarce resources by slowing the rates of several synthetic processes, lowering the pace of cell development.
5. These systems are especially crucial in unicellular eukaryotes like yeast, which must be able to survive when nutrition levels in their natural environment shift dramatically.