Metabolic transformations

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– define metabolism
– describe the characteristics of catabolism and anabolism
– define exergonic and endergonic reactions
– indicate the sites in a cell where the most important metabolic transformations take place
– describe the role of ATP in cellular metabolism
– define phosphorylation, present its types and where they occur in a cell
– explain the role of coenzyme A in cellular metabolism.