catabolize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of catabolize
First recorded in 1925–30; catabol(ism) + -ize
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Bile contains bile salts which emulsify lipids while the pancreas produces enzymes that catabolize starches, disaccharides, proteins, and fats.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
If the cell cannot catabolize the pyruvate molecules further, it will harvest only two ATP molecules from one molecule of glucose.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The fats undoubtedly catabolize first by hydrolysis into glycerol and fatty acids, and then by oxidation possibly first into carbohydrates and then finally into the end-products of oxidation, namely, carbon dioxide and water.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Now, lysine is found in all sorts of organisms, and the way it's catabolized is pretty well-understood in animals.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
Ammonia is anaerobically catabolized by some prokaryotes, yielding N2 as the final product.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Fatty acids are catabolized in a process called beta-oxidation that takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria and converts their fatty acid chains into two carbon units of acetyl groups.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
These smaller peptides are catabolized into their constituent amino acids, which are transported across the apical surface of the intestinal mucosa in a process that is mediated by sodium-amino acid transporters.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
As you will see, muscle protein can be catabolized and used as fuel in times of starvation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Again, there is a fairly complicated series of reactions that involves factor XII and protein- catabolizing enzymes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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