to transfer the energy released by catabolism to the energy-requiring reactions that make up anabolism. Catabolism is a destructive metabolism and anabolism...
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biology, protein catabolism is the breakdown of proteins into smaller peptides and ultimately into amino acids. Protein catabolism is a key function...
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Digestion is the breakdown of carbohydrates to yield an energy-rich compound called ATP. The production of ATP is achieved through the oxidation of glucose...
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also known as a futile cycle, from forming with catabolism. The balance between anabolism and catabolism is sensitive to ADP and ATP, otherwise known as...
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Lysine (section Catabolism)
amino acids, catabolism of lysine is initiated from the uptake of dietary lysine or from the breakdown of intracellular protein. Catabolism is also used...
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Fatty acid metabolism (redirect from Fat catabolism)
processes where they serve as building blocks for other compounds. In catabolism, fatty acids are metabolized to produce energy, mainly in the form of...
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Amino acid (redirect from Amino acid catabolism)
ornithine and citrulline occur in the urea cycle, part of amino acid catabolism (see below). A rare exception to the dominance of α-amino acids in biology...
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Pyrimidine metabolism (redirect from Pyrimidine catabolism)
Pyrimidine biosynthesis occurs both in the body and through organic synthesis. De Novo biosynthesis of a pyrimidine is catalyzed by three gene products...
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Cysteine metabolism (redirect from Cysteine catabolism)
Cysteine metabolism refers to the biological pathways that consume or create cysteine. The pathways of different amino acids and other metabolites interweave...
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Metabolism (section Catabolism)
own weight in ATP per day. ATP acts as a bridge between catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism breaks down molecules, and anabolism puts them together....
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1539-3429.2000.tb00007.x. Amino acid metabolism Chapter on Amino acid catabolism in Biochemistry by Jeremy Berg, John Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer. Fourth ed...
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Sleep (redirect from Nocturnal post absorptive catabolism)
Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there...
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used to describe a biochemical pathway that involves both catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism is a degradative phase of metabolism in which large molecules...
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Carbohydrate (section Catabolism)
(aerobic) to release energy, with carbon dioxide and water as byproducts. Catabolism is the metabolic reaction which cells undergo to break down larger molecules...
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pathways that enable the synthesis and breakdown of molecules (anabolism and catabolism). Each metabolic pathway consists of a series of biochemical reactions...
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response, and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism, protein catabolism, blood electrolyte levels, and behavior. Some common naturally occurring...
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into cellular components (anabolism) and decomposing organic matter (catabolism). Living things require energy to maintain internal organization (homeostasis)...
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Lipid metabolism (section Lipid catabolism)
absorption, lipid transportation, lipid storage, lipid catabolism, and lipid biosynthesis. Lipid catabolism is accomplished by a process known as beta oxidation...
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Tryptamine (section Catabolism)
Tryptamine is an indolamine metabolite of the essential amino acid, tryptophan. The chemical structure is defined by an indole—a fused benzene and pyrrole...
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the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates. This catabolism is a necessary process in the body's clearance of waste products that...
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Nucleic acid metabolism (section Pyrimidine catabolism)
deoxyribose-1-phosphate. Deficiencies in enzymes involved in pyrimidine catabolism can lead to diseases such as Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency...
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Adenosine diphosphate (section Catabolism)
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), also known as adenosine pyrophosphate (APP), is an important organic compound in metabolism and is essential to the flow of...
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is a coenzyme for five carboxylase enzymes, which are involved in the catabolism of amino acids and fatty acids, synthesis of fatty acids, and gluconeogenesis...
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proteins and amino acids (anabolism), and the breakdown of proteins by catabolism. The steps of protein synthesis include transcription, translation, and...
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production of urine. These include the nitrogenous wastes urea, from protein catabolism, and uric acid, from nucleic acid metabolism. The ability of mammals and...
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Methylotroph (section Catabolism)
Methylotrophs are a diverse group of microorganisms that can use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol or methane, as the carbon source for their...
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Methionine (section Catabolism)
Methionine (symbol Met or M) (/mɪˈθaɪəniːn/) is an essential amino acid in humans. As the precursor of other non-essential amino acids such as cysteine...
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Lipoprotein(a) (section Catabolism and clearance)
is approximately three to four days. The mechanism and sites of Lp(a) catabolism are largely unknown. The LDL receptor has been reported as a receptor...
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Asparagine (section Biosynthesis and catabolism)
Asparagine (symbol Asn or N) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated...
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bile) is a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, and is a product of heme catabolism. It is the pigment responsible for a greenish color sometimes seen in...
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