BIOL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acetyl-Coa, Metabolic Pathway, Blood Sugar
25 Dec 2020
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Metabolism : all chemical reactions within organisms that enable them to maintain life; the two main categories of metabolism are catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism : any metabolic process whereby cells break down complex substances into simpler, smaller ones. Anabolism : any metabolic process whereby cells convert simple substances into more complex ones. Atp (adenosine triphosphate) : a high-energy compound that is the main direct fuel that cells use to synthesize molecules, contract muscles, transport substances, and perform other tasks. Glycolysis : the anaerobic metabolic pathway that breaks a glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvate and yields two molecules of atp and two molecules of nadh. Glycogen : the storage form of carbohydrate in living animals. Because after slaughter the tissue enzymes break down most glycogen within 1 day, meat from animal muscle contains none. Composed of long, highly branched chains of glucose molecules.
