Chapter 15, Problem 2RQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The long term and short term mechanisms used by microbes to regulate the synthesis of products that they need.

Introduction:

Biosynthesis is a multistep process that is catalyzed by enzymes. This process involves the conversion of simpler substances that are referred to as substrates into more complex products. In this process, simple compounds get modified, transform into another compound or bound together to form macromolecules. It helps in building a carbon skeleton by reversing pathways such as TCA (Tricarboxylic acid cycle), which then incorporates nitrogen from amino acids.