illistrate ur anwser with an example of each type of pathway?
2006-12-11 08:35:34 · 3 answers · asked by bekah_2009 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Bekah, is this a homework problem? You little minx.
OK, anyway. Linear means in a line. There's starting and ending points. Like the clotting cascade. It is irreversible.
A cyclical reaction is a continuous one. Like the Krebbs energy cycle.
2006-12-11 08:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cyclic Metabolic Pathway
2016-12-08 19:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A linear pathway starts with one substance and converts that into something different. to illustrate, glycolysis starts with glucose and ends with the formation of two pyruvate molecules (plus another stuff). A cyclic pathway starts and ends with an same element. So, the citric acid cycle (Krebs' cycle or TCA cycle) starts with oxaloacetate (plus acetyl-CoA) and ends lower back with oxaloacetate.
2016-11-25 21:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by wygant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋