Overview of Metabolism

What is the energy currency of life?

Which phase of intermediary metabolism involves the energy-requiring biosynthesis of cell components from smaller precursors?

What are the biological transformations of energy called?

What are the two types of reactions involved in metabolism that involve the release or requirement of energy?

What is the term for the highly ordered macromolecules synthesized from simple precursors using chemical energy in fuels?

What regulates metabolic pathways?

What is degraded or synthesized in a series of reactions termed metabolic pathways?

Which compound is mentioned as an example that can form ATP by oxidation?

What are conversions of one form of energy to another called?

Which type of reaction involves a net release of free energy?

What is the role of ATP in cells?

What components make up adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?

What happens when ATP is hydrolyzed?

Which process carries energy from catabolism to the energy-requiring processes of cells?

What is the primary function of oxidative phosphorylation?

What are the products of the oxidation of coenzymes NAD+ and FAD2+?

What characterizes a redox reaction?

What is the primary function of substrate-level phosphorylation?

What is a characteristic feature of oxidative phosphorylation compared to substrate-level phosphorylation?

Which compound serves as an alternative source for resynthesizing ATP due to its higher energy release than ATP?

Which process involves the transfer of electrons to allow the formation of ATP?

What is the primary function of catabolism in intermediary metabolism?