Glucose is a hydrocarbon that can be used to produce other biomolecules. Nitrogen can bond with glucose to make a biomolecule that can perform cellular functions. Which compound contains nitrogen?(1 point)

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fructose
fructose

water
water

starch
starch

amino acid

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The compound that contains nitrogen is amino acid. Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino (–NH2) and carboxyl (–COOH) functional groups, and they are the building blocks of proteins, which perform various cellular functions.