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| 7486179937 | metabolic pathway | Begins with a specific molecule, which is then altered in a series of defined steps, resulting in a certain product. |  | 0 |
| 7486181408 | catabolic pathways | Metabolic pathways that release energy by breaking down complex molecules into simpler compounds. |  | 1 |
| 7486182456 | anabolic pathways | Metabolic pathways that consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler ones. |  | 2 |
| 7486232948 | bioenergenetics | The study of how organisms manage their energy resources. |  | 3 |
| 7486232949 | kinetic energy | Energy associated with relative motion of objects. |  | 4 |
| 7486234301 | thermal energy | Kinetic energy associated with the random movement of molecules or atoms. |  | 5 |
| 7486234302 | potential energy | Occurs when an object is not moving, but may still posses energy. |  | 6 |
| 7486235518 | first law of thermodynamics | Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed. | 7 | |
| 7486235519 | entropy | A measure of disorder or randomness. |  | 8 |
| 7486236823 | second law of thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. | 9 | |
| 7486236824 | free energy | Measures the portion of a system's energy that can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout the system, as in a living cell. |  | 10 |
| 7486236932 | endergonic reaction | Reaction that absorbs free energy from its surroundings. |  | 11 |
| 7486238407 | exergonic reaction | Reaction that proceeds with a net release of free energy. |  | 12 |
| 7486238408 | energy coupling | The use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one. |  | 13 |
| 7486239411 | ATP (adenosine triphosphate) | Composed of a sugar ribose, nitrogenous base adenine, and a chain of three phosphate groups bonded to it. |  | 14 |
| 7486239412 | phosphorylation | The metabolic process of introducing a phosphate group into an organic molecule. |  | 15 |
| 7486240806 | catalyst | A chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by the reaction. | 16 | |
| 7486240807 | enzyme | A catalytic protein. |  | 17 |
| 7486241567 | activation energy | The amount of energy needed to push the reactants over an energy barrier. |  | 18 |
| 7486241568 | enzyme-substrate complex | When an enzyme binds to its substrate, it forms: |  | 19 |
| 7486241582 | active site | A pocket or groove on the surface of the enzyme. |  | 20 |
| 7486243037 | induced fit | Brings chemical groups of the active site into positions that enhance their ability to catalyze the chemical reaction. |  | 21 |
| 7486243038 | cofactor | Non-protein helpers that may be bound tightly to the enzyme as a permanent resident, or may bind loosely and reversibly along with the substrate. |  | 22 |
| 7486243039 | coenzyme | If the cofactor is an organic molecule. |  | 23 |
| 7486244815 | competitive inhibitors | Reduce the productivity of enzymes by blocking substrates from entering active sites. |  | 24 |
| 7486244816 | noncompetitive inhibitors | Impede enzymatic reactions by binding to another part of the enzyme (other than the active site). |  | 25 |
| 7486244817 | allosteric regulation | When a protein's function at one site is affected by the binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site. |  | 26 |
| 7486245982 | cooperativity | It amplifies the response of enzymes to substrates. |  | 27 |
| 7486245983 | feedback inhibition | A metabolic pathway is switched off by the inhibitory binding of its end product to an enzyme that acts early in the pathway. |  | 28 |
