catabolic
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On the other hand, the catabolic process of breaking sugar down into simpler molecules releases energy in a series of exergonic reactions.
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
Physical exercise involves both catabolic and anabolic processes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 4.20 Glycogen from the liver and muscles, together with fats, can feed into the catabolic pathways for carbohydrates.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.