Chapter 8
Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint Lectures for Biology, Seventh Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Objective: You will be able to discuss how ATP is used as the central molecule used in metabolism. Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Organization of the Chemistry of Life into Metabolic Pathways ? A metabolic pathway has many steps ? That begin with a specific molecule and end with a product ? That are each catalyzed by a specific enzyme Enzyme 1 Enzyme 2 Enzyme 3 A B C D Reaction 1 Reaction 2 Reaction 3 Starting molecule Product