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Metabolism (/məˈtæbəlɪzəm/, from Gr****: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining
chemical reactions in organisms. The
three main functions...
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Purine metabolism refers to the
metabolic pathways to
synthesize and
break down
purines that are
present in many organisms.
Purines are
biologically synthesized...
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Lipid metabolism is the
synthesis and
degradation of
lipids in cells,
involving the
breakdown and
storage of fats for
energy and the
synthesis of structural...
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Calcium metabolism is the
movement and
regulation of
calcium ions (Ca2+) in (via the gut) and out (via the gut and kidneys) of the body, and
between body...
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metabolism is the
metabolic breakdown of
drugs by
living organisms,
usually through specialized enzymatic systems. More generally,
xenobiotic metabolism...
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Information metabolism,
sometimes referred to as
informational metabolism or energetic-informational
metabolism, is a
psychological theory of interaction...
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Secondary metabolism (also
called specialized metabolism) is a term for
pathways and
small molecule products of
metabolism that are
involved in ecological...
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around 29 to 30 ATP per glucose.
Aerobic metabolism is up to 15
times more
efficient than
anaerobic metabolism (which
yields 2
molecules of ATP per 1 molecule...
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Carbohydrate metabolism is the
whole of the
biochemical processes responsible for the
metabolic formation, breakdown, and
interconversion of carbohydrates...
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Microbial metabolism is the
means by
which a
microbe obtains the
energy and
nutrients (e.g. carbon) it
needs to live and reproduce.
Microbes use many different...
