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catabolic

[kat-uh-bol-ik] / ˌkæt əˈbɒl ɪk /


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Anabolic pathways build new molecules out of the products of catabolic pathways.

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.

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The cell responds to the abundance of specific products by slowing down production during anabolic or catabolic reactions.

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

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One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.

From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.