Fundamentals of Biochemistry - Filippovych, Yu. B. 1999

Biological Oxidation

The totality of oxidation reactions occurring in BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS AND supplying them with energy and metabolites to support vital activity processes is referred to as Biological Oxidation.

The Functions of this crucial biological phenomenon are actually somewhat broader than indicated in the definition above, since BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION REACTIONS also break down harmful Metabolic waste products and foreign compounds that have entered the Organism. Moreover, the state of redox processes in Cells influences The regulation of their METABOLISM:

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The diverse reactions of biological oxidation are accelerated by numerous Enzymes belonging to the class of oxidoreductases. These enzymes are typically embedded in Introduction/36.html">Biological Membranes, very frequently arranged as multi-enzyme complexes.



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