catabolic
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Anabolic pathways build new molecules out of the products of catabolic pathways.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
Physical exercise involves both anabolic and catabolic processes.
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 creates ATP.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.