What Are the Advantages of Metabolic Pathways in the Cells

question 26

Multiple Choice

What are the advantages of metabolic pathways in the cells?

• A) Cells can speed up the reactions to maximize use of substrates until they are all "used up".
• B) Cells use less energy when the reaction happens in multiple steps rather than single one.
• C) When products are not used up and therefore accumulate in cells, cells can shut down the pathway.
• D) Many enzymes involved in intermediate steps the metabolic pathway decrease probability of mutations.

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