BCMB 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Adenine, Nicotine, Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide

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Chapter 3 vocabulary acetyl coa (acetyl coenzyme a) - small water-soluble molecule that carries acetyl groups in cells. Contains an acetyl group linked to coenzyme a (coa) by an easily hydrolyzable thioester bond. activated carrier - a small molecule used to carry energy or chemical groups in many different metabolic reactions. Examples include atp, acetyl coa and nadh activation energy - the extra energy that must be acquired by a molecule to undergo a particular chemical reaction. Adp (adenosine 5"-diphosphate) - nucleotide that is produced by hydrolysis of the terminal phosphate of atp. anabolism - reaction pathways by which large molecules are made from smaller ones. Biosynthesis. biosynthesis - the formation of complex molecules from simple substances by living cells. catabolism - general term for the enzyme-catalyzed reactions in a cell by which complex molecules are degraded to simpler ones with release of energy.

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