Describe Source Documents and Their Purpose

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Essay

Describe source documents and their purpose.

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Definitions:

Substrate

The surface or material on or in which an organism lives, grows, or reacts, or a substance acted upon by an enzyme.

Reactant

Molecule that enters a reaction and is changed by participating in it.

Cofactor

A non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for a protein's biological activity to happen.

Cyclic Metabolic Pathway

A series of biochemical reactions that occur in a sequence, where the end product of one reaction becomes the substrate for the next, often regenerating a key initial reactant.