BSCI 105 Lecture 4: Introduction to Energy and Metabolism

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Many processes critical to the functions of living cells, such as active transport or bulk transport, require energy expenditure by cells. Cellular energy is produced by metabolism of molecules. Kinetic and potential energy are general terms having to do with forces acting on and between objects. In biological systems, we are focused on chemical energy stored in shared electrons of chemical bonds, and more specifically on free energy or the usable energy that can be extracted for those bonds and used to do work. The sum of all biochemical reactions in every cell; transforming matter and energy. Metabolic pathways are reactions that occur one after another in an orderly fashion. Use enzymes, each enzyme has its own specific function, to assist the reaction. Metabolism is all about energy; making and breaking covalent bonds in order to get energy; transformation of energy from chemical bonds. Kinetic energy energy due to things in motion (i. e. hammer and nail, impact)

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