Carbohydrate metabolism
chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrates
Carbohydrate metabolism is the whole of the biochemical processes responsible for the metabolic formation, breakdown, and interconversion of carbohydrates in living organisms.
Carbohydrates are central to many essential metabolic pathways. Plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water through photosynthesis, allowing them to store energy absorbed from sunlight internally. When animals and fungi consume plants, they use cellular respiration to break down these stored carbohydrates to make energy available to cells. Both animals and plants temporarily store the released energy in the form of high-energy molecules, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), for use in various cellular processes.
While carbohydrates are essential to human biological processes, consuming them is not essential for humans. There are healthy human populations that do not consume carbohydrates.
In humans, carbohydrates are available directly from consumption, from carbohydrate storage, or by conversion from fat components including fatty acids that are either stored or consumed directly.
Metabolic pathways
Glycolysis
Glycolysis is the process of breaking down a glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules, while storing energy released during this process as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). Nearly all organisms that break down glucose utilize glycolysis.
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