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3. Explain how the dipole structure of water gives it a central role in metabolic processes: PRACTICES CONNECT CONNECT 66 AP2 62 2017 BIOZONE International ISBN:978-1-927309-62-9 Photocopying Prohibited 可可 AP2

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3) The dipole structure of water makes it a polar molecule. It has a central role in metabolic processes. Water acts as a polar solvent for many essential substances of the living organisms such as vitamins, amino acids, gases, salts, glucose, etc. These substances are transported inside the body as the solutes dissolved in water and they plays a very important role in the metabolic processes. Due to the dipole structure, water ionizes many substances required for the metabolic processes. Water is used to break bonds of the larger molecules to form smaller molecules and release the energy. Dipole structure of water helps it to attract other polar molecules involved in the metabolic processes.

This is how dipole structure of water gives it a central role in metabolic processes.