Viruses are made up of either dna or rna surrounded by a coating of protein. when the two main substances that make up a virus are broken into smaller fragments, these fragments are

The fragments that will be created may be determined by the macromolecules present. Protein molecules are composed of amino acids, so the breakdown of a virus's protein coat will yield fragments that are amino acids. Next, DNA and RNA are composed of ribose sugar and nucleic acids. So upon breakdown, they will produce these fragments.