metabolic pathway

British  

noun

1. any of the sequences of biochemical reactions, catalysed by enzymes, that occur in all living cells: concerned mainly with the exchange of energy and chemicals See also Krebs cycle

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According to this, the altered protein intervenes in autophagy, an important cell process that consists of a metabolic pathway through which the cell recycles its own structures.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

Researchers had previously found another mechanism that activates an alternative metabolic pathway for breaking down sugars that doesn’t require oxygen.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 13, 2023

Wang's research focuses on an existing metabolic pathway in the human system, the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, that normally targets proteins for degradation and recycling.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023

A metabolic pathway called the glyoxylate cycle allows seedlings to feed on the starches, proteins, and oils stored in seeds.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2023

Genes that operated on the same metabolic pathway were physically linked to each other: if you worked together, then you lived together in the genome.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee