biochemical pathways

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1. In biology, the long chains of chemical reactions that take place in the normal operation of living systems.

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biochemical pathways

Once in the brain, it can contribute to biochemical pathways involved in building complex sugar structures on proteins.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

While both drugs target the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzyme to prevent viral replication, they do so through entirely different biochemical pathways.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

This study sheds light on evolution in two ways: we can see how biochemical pathways common to two entirely separate kingdoms of life, plants and animals, have been largely conserved through our long history apart.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025

Through the same biochemical pathways, humans are changed by exposure to external events in ways we rarely see coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

The researchers sequenced the genomes of the entire community of microbes in the groundwater and tracked down the biochemical pathways and reactions most likely to produce oxygen.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2023