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Title: why do metabolic pathways have to be regulated?
Post by: pocahontas11 on Nov 2, 2011
Explain why cells need to manage metabolic pathways. Why is this an evolutionary advantage?


Title: Re: why do metabolic pathways have to be regulated?
Post by: duddy on Nov 2, 2011
Metabolic pathways are the cells way of essentially harvesting ATP from molecules and macromolecules, such as glucose and proteins. If these are not efficiently managed the cell will risk death.