BC 351 Lecture Notes - Acetyl-Coa, Anabolism, Hydrolysis

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Metabolism is the molecular process in which organisms obtain, conserve and utilize energy. Catabolism: molecular process in which nutrients are broken down resulting in the conservation of energy in high energy compounds. Anabolism: molecular process in which small molecules are used to make large molecules. Catabolic pathways converge on acetyl coa, anabolic pathways diverge from it. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only conserved from one form to another. The amount of energy in the universe remains constant. Nuclear energy from the sun photons/heat energy photosynthetic autotrophs. Energy converted to organic compounds (chemical energy stored in bonds) mechanical and chemical energy. The entropy of the universe is always increasing. Equilibrium: where the free energy of the system has been minimized. At this point, entropy has been maximized for the system and surroundings. Living systems avoid this state of maximal entropy and literally operate in a negative entropic state.

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