catabolism
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In the plant, then, lysine gets converted to pipecolic acid, and then this enzyme converts it to P6C, or Δ1-piperideine-6-carboxylic acid, yet another step in the lysine catabolism pathway.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
If there are excess amino acids, however, or if the body is in a state of famine, some amino acids will be shunted into pathways of glucose catabolism.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Thus, when relative levels of ADP are high compared to ATP, the cell is triggered to produce more ATP through sugar catabolism.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Most of the ATP generated during the aerobic catabolism of glucose, however, is not generated directly from these pathways.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
With a normal catabolism, Gabbleism and babbleism, Snip, Snap, Snorum, Cut out his abdonorum.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
