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Micro Exam3: Microbial metabolism and biochemical assays

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Metabolism: What is it? (List 4)

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Metabolism: What is it? (List 4)

1) Sum total of all chemical reactions in living organisms
2) Two general types
3) Coupled reactions
4)Enzymes=biological catalysts

Metabolism: What are two general types? (List 2)

1) Anabolism
2) Catabolism

Metabolism: What is anabolism?

building bonds,capturing energy

Metabolism: What is catabolism?

breaking bonds, releasing energy

Characteristics of enzymes: What are they? (List 6)

1) Almost all enzymes are proteins
2) Enzymes can only speed up reactions that would occur anyway
3) Enzymes are able to work at biological temperatures
4) Enzymes are sensitive to certain conditions
5) basis of their 3-D shape
Enzymes can be regulated
6) Enzymes can be regulated