catabolic
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This is a metabolic process, but is neither anabolic nor catabolic.
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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.
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This is both an anabolic and a catabolic process.
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Additionally, ATP is an allosteric regulator of some of the enzymes involved in the catabolic breakdown of sugar, the process that produces ATP.
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One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Evelyn E. Smith