METABOLIC PROCESSES

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Mind Map on METABOLIC PROCESSES, created by Veronica Medina0629 on 26/09/2014.
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Mind Map by Veronica Medina0629, updated more than 1 year ago
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METABOLIC PROCESSES
  1. sum of all chemical reactions that take place in the cell
    1. catabolism
      1. break down of substances
      2. anabolism/synthesis
        1. formation of new products
        2. metabolic processes take place through pathways
          1. pathways are controlled by enzymes
            1. ENZYMES
              1. catalyst that can speed up reactions by lowering the energy of activation
                1. are substrate specific
                  1. are unchanged as result of reaction
                    1. efficiency affected by pH
                      1. catalyze both forward and backward reactions
                        1. standard suffix -ase
                          1. cofactors
                            1. can be coenzymes, organic cofactors
                              1. vitamins
                              2. inorganic cofactors are metals
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