Extracellular vs Intracellular

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  • What are the two types of cellular processes mentioned?
    Extracellular and intracellular
  • What is involved in metabolic pathways within a living cell?
    A series of consecutive reactions
  • What catalyzes each step in metabolic pathways?
    A specific enzyme
  • What do various reactants and intermediates act as for specific enzymes?
    Substrates
  • What are the three types of molecules mentioned in metabolic pathways?
    Reactants, intermediates, and products
  • What is the difference between catabolic and anabolic processes?
    Catabolic breaks down, anabolic builds up
  • What type of molecules are produced in catabolic processes?
    Smaller molecules
  • What type of molecules are produced in anabolic processes?
    Larger molecules
  • Where are larger molecules made and retained?
    Inside the cell within its organelles
  • What enzyme breaks down hydrogen peroxide?
    Catalase
  • What does catalase break hydrogen peroxide into?
    Water and oxygen
  • What does amylase catalyze the hydrolysis of?
    Starch into maltose
  • Where does amylase work?
    Outside of cells in saliva
  • What does trypsin catalyze the hydrolysis of?
    Large polypeptides into smaller ones
  • Where is trypsin produced?
    By pancreatic cells
  • Where is trypsin released into?
    The small intestine
  • What does trypsin catalyze the hydrolysis of?
    Peptide bonds of large polypeptides
  • What happens to smaller polypeptides after trypsin acts on them?
    They get broken down into amino acids