Metabolism: Bioenergetics and Biosynthesis

Subject Outline

APhotosynthesis: the initiation of energy conversion in the biosphere [see also 335.B.j]
- 1The biological importance of photosynthesis
- 2Factors that influence the rate of photosynthesis and the energy efficiency of photosynthesis
- 3Determination of the mechanism of photosynthesis
- 4The site of the photosynthetic process in green plants: the chloroplast
- 5The photosynthetic pigments
- 6The energetics of photosynthesis: photoelectron transfer, photophosphorylation
- 7The metabolic path of carbon in photosynthesis: the carbon reduction cycle
BMetabolism: the totality of all chemical processes in the living organism
- 1The fragmentation of complex molecules: catabolism
- 2The combustion of food materials and the conservation of part of the energy in them: cellular respiration, oxidation and transduction
- 3The biosynthesis of cell components: anabolism
- 4Regulation of metabolism