catabolic
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Additionally, ATP is an allosteric regulator of some of the enzymes involved in the catabolic breakdown of sugar, the process that produces ATP.
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On the other hand, the catabolic process of breaking sugar down into simpler molecules releases energy in a series of exergonic reactions.
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The cell responds to the abundance of specific products by slowing down production during anabolic or catabolic reactions.
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This is both an anabolic and a catabolic process.
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One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.