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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Example Sentences

Several attempts to elucidate this metabolic pathway not only in maize but also in distantly related species were unsuccessful.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

"We show in this study that CD8+ T cells indeed engage this metabolic pathway, and that an extensively characterized metabolic enzyme known as isocitrate dehydrogenase plays a central role in the process," said Ho.

From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 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

Both studies used cultured mammalian cells that mainly rely for their energy production on a metabolic pathway called glycolysis, which occurs in the cytosol, rather than depending on energy production from mitochondria.

From Nature • Mar. 3, 2020

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