We'll start with pure
which will make up about two thirds of the final creation, so if you want to make a nice nine-pound (4kg) kitty, you need six pounds (2.7 kg) of it.
Since we don't want to have to work with a gas all the time, mix in
and react. This will result in water - the main medium in which everything else will take place.
Next, we need to drop in a good amount of
to make organic molecules. With just those three elements so far, we can make lipids and sugars that will supply energy to our cat. They won't however be enough to make the amino acids that make up proteins - for all of those, we'll need a good dose of
. Since we want well-structured proteins, we'll also need
to make the amino acid cystein.
We'll of course need some DNA to tell our creation how to make those proteins - which requires
. That element is doubly useful as it lets us create ATP, an intracellular energy source.
Before we can turn all of these components into a cell, we'll need the proper osmotic pressure and ions for which we'll add some salt - regular table salt, made up of
as the positive and
as the negative ion. That's it - we can now make some cat cells.
Our next task would be to turn these cells into a body. To give our cat body structure, we'll need bones, which include a large amount of
carbonate. We'll also need blood, containing hemoglobin, for which we need to add
to our mix.
Since we will want our cat to do more than lie around as an inert blob of cells, we'll need nerves and a brain as well, which requires a way to build up electrical potential across cell membranes. Replacing some our positive salt ions with
inside the cells (but far less on the outside) lets us do just that.
We're almost done, so we can now assemble everything and then activate many of the still dormant enzymes by adding
which needs to be present for all energy-generating processes and will stabilize our ATP molecules.
With this, we have our twelve most important elements together and our newly created cat will be almost ready to live a full feline life. Unfortunately, this is the end of today's lesson, so we'll have to finish our work tomorrow. Make sure to safely store your creation so far and come back tomorrow when we'll add some trace elements and then see who formed the most beautiful cat!
