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## Metabolism * **Metabolism** - the entire network of chemical reactions carried out by living cells. Metabolism also includes coordination, regulation and energy requirement. * **Metabolites** - small molecule intermediates in the degradation and synthesis of polymers * **Metabolite pool** is a c...

## Metabolism * **Metabolism** - the entire network of chemical reactions carried out by living cells. Metabolism also includes coordination, regulation and energy requirement. * **Metabolites** - small molecule intermediates in the degradation and synthesis of polymers * **Metabolite pool** is a collective term for all of the substances involved in the metabolic process in a biological system. * Metabolic pool within a cell (or organelle such as a chloroplast) there exists a reservoir of molecules upon which an enzymes can operate. * The size of the reservoir is referred to as its "metabolic pool".