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catabolism

[kuh-tab-uh-liz-uhm] / kəˈtæb əˌlɪz əm /


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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

Among the products of this catabolism are CO2 and ATP.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Overall, in living systems, these pathways of glucose catabolism extract about 34 percent of the energy contained in glucose.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Acetyl CoA can be used in a variety of ways by the cell, but its major function is to deliver the acetyl group derived from pyruvate to the next pathway in glucose catabolism.

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




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