Bio 1: Energetics and Metabolism

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energetics and metabolism

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The chemistry of life = metabolism

Organisms transform energy...

Energy transformation conforms to the Laws of Thermodynamics

Organisms live at the expense of free energy

Free energy and metabolism

How does the cell harness energy

ATP

The role of enzymes in metabolism

Enzymes as catalysts

Enzyme activity

Enzyme inhibition

Regulation of enzyme activity

Author: Sean Todd

Email: stodd@ecology.coa.edu

Home Page: http://www.coa.edu/faculty/webpages/stodd/index.html

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This lecture reviews energetics, metabolism, and enzyme activity

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