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Metabolism - Coggle Diagram
Metabolism
Anabolism
Rebuilding of material (from catabolism) into useful things
Products
ATP
Molecular currency
The three-phosphate group helps contain energy
When it breaks, energy is released
Has a chained three-phosphate group
Could be use to construct RNA because it has the same components
Proteins
Lipids
Energy is needed
Small molecules assemble into larger ones
Example
Photosynthesis
The building up of glucose using materials from nature
Catabolism
Breaking down of food
Foods broken down to usable level
Happens in the digestive system
Energy is released
Large molecules disassemble into smaller ones
Example
Breaking down of glucose
Metabolic pathway
A series of connected chemical reactions that feed one another
Extremely complicated
Divisions
Anabolic pathway
Material
ATP
Other short-term energy carriers
Products
Glucose (from CO2)
Proteins (from amino acids)
DNA (from nucleotides)
Catabolic pathway
Release:
Energy stored in the bonds of complex molecules, such as glucose and fats
This energy is then harvested by the synthesis of short-term energy carriers
Non-hydrogen elements involved
Come from stars
Definition
Process in which:
Collective energy from food get convert into energy and useful materials
Some reactions in it can happen spontaneously (without energy)
All reactions are controlled by enzymes