Metabolism

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  • What is metabolism?
    Sum of all the chemical reactions in a cell or the body
  • Reactions that Metabolism consists of
    -Glucose in plants is used for cellulose to strengthen plant cell wall/Starch to use as a form of glucose/Adding nitrate ions to glucose to make amino acids which is used to synthesise protein
    -Glucose in humans is turned to glycogen and is then a storage form of glucose
    -1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids molecules make a lipid which is found in the cell membrane
    -Excess protein that humans do not need is broken down into urea and excreted via the kidneys