Metabolism
All living things must have an unceasing supply of energy and matter. The transformation of this energy and matter within the body is called metabolism.
Catabolism
Catabolism is destructive metabolism.
Metabolism Problem Set
This problem set is designed to give a basic understanding of some of the fundamental concepts of metabolism.
Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that occur in living organisms in order to maintain life. These processes allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments.
metabolism
sum of constructive (anabolic) and destructive (catabolic) phases of metabolism in protoplasm
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metabolism
noun
The set of chemical reactions carried out by cells in order to sustain life.
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Cell metabolism is the process (or really the sum of many ongoing individual processes) by which living cells process nutrient molecules and maintain a living state.
Energy Metabolism, Acquiring and Releasing Energy (ATP)
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Biology Project Metabolism Problem Set (University of Arizona) Questions and answers along with tutorials about metaboilism, an excellent site.
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Control of lipid metabolism by regulated intramembrane proteolysis of sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs)
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metabolism -- n. The chemical processes within an organic body that supply the energy necessary for life. The rate of metabolic processes is sometimes used as a way to differentiate organisms.
metabolism
(meh-tab-oh-liz-um) [Gk. metabole, change]
The totality of an organism's chemical processes, consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways.
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metabolism The sum of all chemical reactions (energy exchanges) in cells.
metamorphosis The process of changing from one form to another; e.g., in insects, from the larval stage to the pupal stage to the reproductive adult stage.
Metabolism, Metabolic: Chemical changes that occur in living cells to provide energy for vital activities and to assimilate new material.
Metamorphosis: A change in body form during development of an insect.
Metabolism. The biochemical processes that sustain a living cell or organism.
Metallothionein. A protective protein that binds heavy metals, such as cadmium and lead.
Microbe. A microorganism.
metabolism
The totality of an organism's chemical processes, consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways.
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Metabolism A highly integrated network of chemical pathways that enables a cell to extract energy from the environment and use this energy for biosynthetic purposes.
Metabolism refers to the chemical reactions that occur within cells. A hypothetical metabolic pathway is shown below.
Reactions occur in a sequence and a specific enzyme catalyzes each step.
metabolism A group of processes that includes digestion, production of energy (respiration), and synthesis of molecules and structures by organisms; the sum of the constructive (anabolic) and destructive (catabolic) processes.
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The diverse metabolism and the developmental cycles of R. palustris are a large part of what makes this bacterium such a seductive target for genome sequencing. With the entire genome sequence in hand, determining how R.
Inborn error of metabolism A mutation which results in the absence of an enzyme leading to a metabolic consequence which may be fatal.
Inbreeding The mating of related individuals.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) process in some plants‚ named after the plant family Crassulaceae‚ in which CO2 is stored in various organic acids for subsequent use in photosynthesis; Crassulaceae is the family to which Sedum belongs ...
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is chiefly involved, however, with the production of lipids (fats), building blocks for carbohydrate metabolism, and the detoxification of drugs and poisons.
The internal secretions are concerned with the metabolism of both nitrogenous and carbohydrate materials absorbed from the intestine and carried to the liver by the portal vein.
Women may also enjoy advantages over men in physiology and metabolism, probably because of hormone differences. Women have lower metabolic rates than men, likely leading to less oxidative damage to cells.
Gahl studies rare inborn errors of metabolism through the observation and treatment of patients in the clinic, and through biochemical, molecular biological and cell biological investigations in the laboratory.
As with eukaryotes, the membrane controls the permeability of the cell and is the major site of energy metabolism.
- Intermediates and products of metabolism. primary metabolite is essential for normal growth, development, and reproduction.
Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, and evolution of plant life.
Cytosol: The cytosol is the "soup" within which all the other cell organelles reside and where most of the cellular metabolism occurs.
In choosing the compounds that go into a particular library, qualities such as molecular diversity and weight, cost of supplies, toxicity, absorption, distribution, and metabolism must all be considered.
An enzyme important in provision of muscle energy (carbohydrate metabolism), that is present in many cells, particularly those of the heart, kidneys, liver, and skeletal muscle. Elevated blood levels of LDH may confirm a suspected heart attack.
Respiration. Consumption of oxygen in the process of aerobic metabolism
Respiratory pigment. A molecule, polymer, or other complex adapted to bind and transport oxygen efficiently, usually in a circulatory system (e.g., hemoglobin) ...
Antibiotic
A substance that interfers with a particular step of cellular metabolism, causing either bactericidal or bacteriostatic inhibition; sometimes restricted to those having a natural biological origin.
[Gr. thyreoeides - sheild form]. An endocrine gland in the throat region which is responsible for controlling metabolism and growth. It is formed from a ventral diverticulum of the endoderm of the pharynx at the level of the second pharyngeal arch.
Your body uses dozens of hormones to regulate your growth, digestion, body temperature, and glucose metabolism (to name a few).
Cellular processes are the activities that go on inside a cell that help an organism to survive. Some of these processes include food metabolism(cellular respiration), protein production, and even cellular destruction.
An endocrine gland in the throat region which is responsible for controlling metabolism and growth. It is formed from a ventral diverticulum of the endoderm of the pharynx at the level of the second pharyngeal arch.
Assimilation efficiency: The fraction of ingested food that is absorbed and used in metabolism.
homeothermic - capable of maintaining a constant body temperature through metabolism and internal regulatory mechanisms ...
virulence. The relative infectiousness of a bacteria or virus, or its ability to overcome the resistance of the host metabolism.
surrounded by the nuclear envelope and contains the genetic information necessary for control of cell structure and function. It is the central cell structure that houses the chromosomes and is essential to such cell functions as growth, metabolism, ...
The majority of the rest of this energy is lost as heat and waste molecules. The most important processes for converting the energy trapped in chemical substances into energy useful to sustain life are metabolism[32] and cellular respiration.[33] ...
Examples of broad biological process terms are "cell growth and maintenance," or "signal transduction." Examples of more specific terms are "pyrimidine metabolism" or "cAMP biosynthesis. It is not equivalent to a pathway.
Plastid - vital organelle that aids in the metabolism of unicellular organisms and plant cells (chloroplasts, chromoplasts, leucoplasts are examples) ...
Methylmalonic acidemia -- a group of conditions characterized by the inability to metabolize methylmalonic acid or by a defect in the metabolism of Vitamin B12.
 See also: Trans, Organ, Cells, Protein, Cell
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