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cellular metabolism ✔✔a controlled set of biochemical reactions that occur in living organisms in order to maintain life enzyme ✔✔a protein, or group of proteins, that catalyze (speed up) ch... emical reactions/is not consumed during the reaction and can be used repeatedly by the cell cofactor ✔✔a small chemical component, usually metal ions, that assist enzymes during the catalysis reactions/serve as regulators of chemical reactions: in their absence, enzymes are inactive while in its presence enzymes are active catabolism ✔✔the process of breaking down larger molecules into useful energy sources anabolism [Show More]

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