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catabolic

[kat-uh-bol-ik] / ˌkæt əˈbɒl ɪk /


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This is a metabolic process, but is neither anabolic nor catabolic.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Enzymes that break down their substrates are called catabolic enzymes, enzymes that build more complex molecules from their substrates are called anabolic enzymes, and enzymes that affect the rate of reaction are called catalytic enzymes.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

This is both an anabolic and a catabolic process.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Additionally, ATP is an allosteric regulator of some of the enzymes involved in the catabolic breakdown of sugar, the process that produces ATP.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.

From The Venus Trap by Evelyn E. Smith




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