amphibolic metabolism

…One major difference between anabolism and catabolism is that the latter has the characteristic that all metabolic flows go through a very limited number of intermediates, such as pyruvate and acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl CoA). There are also several known examples of amphibolic metabolism, which serves the purposes of both anabolic and catabolic metabolism. There are an extremely large number of types of chemical reactions taking place in living organisms, but when we organize them from the standpoint of the synthesis and decomposition of biological substances, we can summarize them into a surprisingly limited number. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "amphibolic metabolism" is listed below.

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…同化と異化の一つの大きな違いは，後者はピルビン酸，アセチルコエンザイムA(アセチルCoA)といった，ごく限られた中間体をすべての代謝の流れが共通に経由するという特徴であろう。　同化代謝と異化代謝の両方の目的にかなう両用代謝amphibolic metabolismの例もいくつか知られている。生体内で営まれている化学反応の種類はきわめて多いが，それらを生体物質の合成と分解という立場で整理してみると，案外限られた数にまとめられる。…

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