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Amphi- is a prefix meaning “both” or “two”<ref>"amphi-". The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 3 Dec. 2016. &amp;amp;amp;lt;Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/browse/amphi-&amp;amp;amp;gt;.</ref> so amphibolic is a word used to describe a pathway that is both [[Anabolic|anabolic]] and [[Catabolic|catabolic]]. An amphibolic pathway breaks down [[Carbohydrates|carbohydrates]] into smaller molecules and also produces energy in the form of [[ATP|ATP]]; this energy is then used to synthesize more complex molecules from simple ones<ref>Stryer L, Berg J, Tymoczko J. Biochemistry. 8th ed. W.H. Freeman &amp; Company; 2015</ref>. An example of an amphibolic pathway is the [[Citric acid cycle|Citric Acid cycle]] ([[Krebs cycle|Krebs cycle]]).<br> | |||
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Revision as of 17:26, 4 December 2016
Amphi- is a prefix meaning “both” or “two”[1] so amphibolic is a word used to describe a pathway that is both anabolic and catabolic. An amphibolic pathway breaks down carbohydrates into smaller molecules and also produces energy in the form of ATP; this energy is then used to synthesize more complex molecules from simple ones[2]. An example of an amphibolic pathway is the Citric Acid cycle (Krebs cycle).
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- ↑ "amphi-". The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 3 Dec. 2016. &amp;amp;lt;Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/browse/amphi-&amp;amp;gt;.
- ↑ Stryer L, Berg J, Tymoczko J. Biochemistry. 8th ed. W.H. Freeman & Company; 2015