Portage Microbiology Module 2 |Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified | 2024

cellular metabolism a controlled set of biochemical reactions that occur in living organisms in order to maintain life enzyme a protein, or group of proteins, that catalyze (speed up) chemical reactions/is not consumed during the reaction and can be used repeatedly by the cell cofactor a small chemical component, usually metal ions, that assist enzymes during the catalysis reactions/serve as regulators of chemical reactions: in their absence, enzymes are inactive while in its presence enzymes are active catabolism the process of breaking down larger molecules into useful energy sources anabolism the building up or biosynthesis of macromolecules from smaller molecular units into larger complexes anabolism used during growth and repair phases o