Metabolism
- Metabolism is a catch-all term used to describe all the chemical reactions that take place within cells and organisms
- Metabolism can be thought of as the chemical reactions of life
- The molecules involved are metabolites
- Many reactions of metabolism take place in multiple stages
- Each stage is catalysed by a separate enzyme
- A series of interlinked metabolic reactions is called a metabolic pathway
- Metabolic reactions can be classified broadly as anabolic or catabolic