catabolism

Examples of catabolism in the following topics:

• Types of Catabolism

  • Catabolism is the set of metabolic processes that break down large molecules.
  • Catabolism is the set of metabolic processes that break down large molecules.
  • Carbohydrate catabolism is the breakdown of carbohydrates into smaller units.
  • A simplified outline of the catabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats
  • Summarize various types of catabolism included in metabolism (catabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats)

• Benzoate Catabolism

  • Benzoate catabolism is a series of chemical reactions resulting in the breakdown of benzoate.
  • Strains of Rhodococcus are applicably important owing to their ability to catabolize a wide range of compounds and produce bioactive steroids, acrylamide, and acrylic acid, and their involvement in fossil fuel biodesulfurization.
  • This genetic and catabolic diversity is not only due to the large bacterial chromosome, but also to the presence of three large linear plasmids.

• The Entner–Doudoroff Pathway

  • The Entner–Doudoroff pathway is an alternate series of reactions that catabolize glucose to pyruvate.
  • The Entner–Doudoroff pathway describes an alternate series of reactions that catabolize glucose to pyruvate using a set of enzymes different from those used in either glycolysis or the pentose phosphate pathway .

• The AraC Regulator

  • The L-arabinose operon, also called ara operon, encodes enzymes needed for the catabolism of arabinose to xylulose 5-phosphate.
  • The L-arabinose operon, also called ara operon, is a gene sequence encoding enzymes needed for the catabolism of arabinose to xylulose 5-phosphate, an intermediate of the pentose phosphate pathway.

• Anammox

  • The overall catabolic reaction is:
  • To deal with the high toxicity of hydrazine, anammox bacteria have a hydrazine-containing intracellular organelle called the anammoxasome (a compartment inside the cytoplasm which is the locus of anammox catabolism), which is surrounded by an unusual and highly compact ladderane lipid membrane.

• Non-Spore-Forming Firmicutes

  • Under conditions of excess glucose and limited oxygen, homolactic LAB catabolize one mole of glucose in the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway to yield two moles of pyruvate.
  • In theory, end-products (including ATP) are produced in equimolar quantities from the catabolism of one mole of glucose.

• Acetyl CoA and the Citric Acid Cycle

  • Through the catabolism of sugars, fats, and proteins, a two carbon organic product acetate in the form of acetyl-CoA is produced.

• Organic Acid Metabolism

  • It is vital in the catabolism of C1 compounds such as methanol (see the "Methylotrophy and Methanotrophy" atom for more information on C1 compound utilization).

• The Incorporation of Nonstandard Amino Acids

  • For example, ornithine and citrulline occur in the urea cycle, which is part of amino acid catabolism.

• The Pentose Phosphate Shunt

  • While the PPP does involve oxidation of glucose, its primary role is anabolic rather than catabolic, using the energy stored in NADPH to synthesize large, complex molecules from small precursors.