Question

5. Summarize the principal ways that metabolic processes are regulated and describe why there are multiple modes of regulation.

Answer 1

Metabolism is the chemical reactions that arise in a cell, which permit it to keep living, rising and proliferation. Regulation of metabolic process is completed through the control of enzymatic activities.

Metabolic processes are typically categorized as:

Catabolism - gaining energy and dropping power from nutrients.

Anabolism - manufacture of new cell components, frequently through processes that need energy and dropping power attained from nutrient catabolism.

Metabolic processes must be flexible, since the environments are not constant outside of cells. Metabolic processes is regulated by adjusting (1) catalytic activities, (2) the amounts of enzymes, and (3) the convenience of substrates.