catabolic

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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.

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

Figure 7.18 Glycogen from the liver and muscles, hydrolyzed into glucose-1-phosphate, together with fats and proteins, can feed into the catabolic pathways for carbohydrates.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

She has, if you please, become temporarily catabolic.

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