BIOL201 Ch7.6 | Connections of Carbohydrate, Protein, and Lipid Metabolic Pathways

Biology 201 Lecture Video Covering Chapter 7.6 of OpenStax Biology Summary:

You can utilize many other sources of energy besides glucose 

Most things feed into the same central pathway, reducing the number of enzymes needed 

You store energy in the medium term in Glycogen, a polymer of glucose 

Breaking off glucose monomers can feed right into glycolysis 

Amino acids are normally not used for energy, instead they are used for anabolic reactions

If you removed the amino group they can be used and feed into the TCA cycle at various steps

Beta oxidation can be used to break down long fatty acids into acetyl-CoA to feed into the TCA cycle 

The evolution of metabolism often involved utilizing energy from previous waste products 


Lecture Presented by Dr. Ben Burrows for the College of Eastern Idaho
Course BIOL 201 Intro Biology
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