Question 22.1: Metabolism Identify each of the following as catabolic or an......

General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Structures of Life [1002561]

Metabolism

Identify each of the following as catabolic or anabolic:
a. digestion of lipids
b. synthesis of lactase
c. hydrolysis of sucrose
d. synthesis of adenine monophosphate from adenine, ribose, and phosphate

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a. The breakdown of large molecules involves catabolic reactions.
b. The synthesis of large molecules involves anabolic reactions.
c. The breakdown of sucrose to smaller molecules is a catabolic reaction.
d. The combination of small molecules to give a large molecule is an anabolic reaction.

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