Notes on Metabolism

[Metabolism is the totality of an organism's chemical reactions; an emergent property of life that arises from interaction between molecules within the orderly environment of the cell
[Catabolic pathways release energy by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds; cellular respiration (sugar glucose broken down to carbon dioxide and water); releases energy
[Anabolic pathways consume energy to build complicated molecules form simpler ones; synthesis of a protein from amino acids
[Energy coupling links catabolic and anabolic pathways by transferring energy that was released from t…