Question

In what ways anabolic pathway differs from catabolic pathways? Give two points?

Answer 1

Answer: & Explanation:

Anabolic pathways:

1) Is the building up of complex molecules from simpler ones and typically need an input of energy. For example, building glucose from carbon dioxide. Other examples include the synthesis of proteins from amino acids, or of DNA strands from nucleic acid building blocks / nucleotides .

2)  It is a biosynthetic processes are critical to for the for the life of a cell which use energy carried by ATP and other short-term energy storage molecules.

Catabolic pathways:

`1) Is the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones and typically release energy. Energy stored in the bonds of complex molecules, such as glucose and fats, is released in catabolic pathways.

2) It's then harvested in forms that can power the work of the cell through ATP synthesis, which is a primary process in the cell for energy production.

Hence, Anabolic and Catabolic processes are anti of each of other.