Prescott's Microbiology

10th Edition

ISBN: 9781259281594

Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 11.9, Problem 1MI

What is the difference between a hydrolase and phosphorylase?

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Solution Summary: The author explains that carbohydrate catabolism yields high energy molecule adenosine triphosphate or ATP. Glycolysis can occur in either aerobic or anaerobic condition.

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