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In biochemistry, metabolic pathways are series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell. In each pathway, a principal chemical is modified by a series of chemical reactions. Enzymes catalyze these reactions, and often require dietary minerals, vitamins, and other cofactors in order to function properly. Because of the many chemicals (a.k.a. "metabolites") that may be involved, metabolic pathways can be quite elaborate. In addition, numerous distinct pathways co-exist within a cell. This collection of pathways is called the metabolic network. Pathways are important to the maintenance of homeostasis within an organism. Catabolic (break-down) and Anabolic (synthesis) pathways often work interdependently to create new biomolecules as the final end-products. [Metabolic pathway. Wikipedia]
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Page1,  tricarboxylic acid cycle, TCA cycle, proteins, polysaccharides, oxidative phosphorylation, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NADH, NAD, monosaccharides, Krebs cycle, fatty acids, fats, energy generation, digestion, citric acid cycle, ATP, amino acids, ADP, adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate, acetyl coenzyme A