The phrase "and constitutes the basic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that forms the fundamental or essential part of a larger concept or system.
Example: "This principle is essential in our research and constitutes the basic framework for our analysis."
Alternatives: "and forms the foundation" or "and represents the core".
In plants, carotenoids have several important functions, essential for plant development as: (i) they serve as accessory pigments to harvest light for photosynthesis and constitute the basic structural units of photosynthetic apparatus and (ii) they also act as photoprotectors for plants to adapt to high light stress [ 2].
This regional segregation, together and intertwined with segregations by sector, industry, and occupation, constitutes the basic structure of China's labor market and the resulting income inequality.
Willke (1989, p. 25) also underscores that communication (and not action) constitutes the basic elements of the operation mode of social systems.
The Sharia court system constitutes the basic judiciary of Saudi Arabia and its judges and lawyers form part of the ulema, the country's religious leadership.
It constitutes the basic transport policy, and in line with this the MLIT is to publish a Basic Plan on Transport Policy (Koutsu Seisaku Kihon-keikaku) [33, 34].
The reproductive unit of humans is a family, which constitutes the basic unit of society and which clearly distinguishes humans from other primates.
This paper introduces the mechanical design and model-based performance prediction of a single-piston pump that constitutes the basic building block for the MP2PTO WEC.
The internet's open architecture constitutes the basic IT law of a society which communicates digitally and, consequently, of journalism.
The five-carbon unit that constitutes the basic building block of isoprenoids is a hydrocarbon called isoprene.
