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Biochemistry 4th Edition by Reginald Garrett, Charles Grisham
Edition 4ISBN: 9780495109358Biochemistry 4th Edition by Reginald Garrett, Charles Grisham
Edition 4ISBN: 9780495109358 Exercise 1
The Biosynthetic Capacity of Cells
The nutritional requirements of Escherichia coli cells are far simpler than those of humans, yet the macromolecules found in bacteria are about as complex as those of animals. Because bacteria can make all their essential biomolecules while subsisting on a simpler diet, do you think bacteria may have more biosynthetic capacity and hence more metabolic complexity than animals Organize your thoughts on this question, pro and con, into a rational argument.
The nutritional requirements of Escherichia coli cells are far simpler than those of humans, yet the macromolecules found in bacteria are about as complex as those of animals. Because bacteria can make all their essential biomolecules while subsisting on a simpler diet, do you think bacteria may have more biosynthetic capacity and hence more metabolic complexity than animals Organize your thoughts on this question, pro and con, into a rational argument.
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The nutritional requirements of Escherichia coli cell are simpler than humans, where they can synthesize all the macromolecules like humans. Moreover, each individual bacterial cell is able to synthesize all of the complex macromolecules. This is because each bacterial cell contains all the enzymes necessary to make the macromolecules to break down all nutritional metabolites.
In addition, prokaryotes are having larger surface to volume in ratio to give a higher metabolic rate, a higher growth rate, and a shorter generation time compared to eukaryotes.
No, the bacterial cell does not perform more biosynthetic capacity and metabolic complexity than animals. This is because animal cells are multicellular with complexed cell organelles that perform all the cellular functions. Whereas, bacteria are usually single-celled organisms, with less specialized organelles compared to animal cells. Thus, animal cell provides more complex nutritional requirements than bacterial cell.
Pros and cons of bacterial and animal cell:
The pros and cons of both bacterial and animal cell, in the table provide the explanation, how the animal cells vary in organelles responsible, for metabolic complexity.
Thus, the bacterial cell does not perform more biosynthetic capacity and metabolic complexity than animals.
In addition, prokaryotes are having larger surface to volume in ratio to give a higher metabolic rate, a higher growth rate, and a shorter generation time compared to eukaryotes.
No, the bacterial cell does not perform more biosynthetic capacity and metabolic complexity than animals. This is because animal cells are multicellular with complexed cell organelles that perform all the cellular functions. Whereas, bacteria are usually single-celled organisms, with less specialized organelles compared to animal cells. Thus, animal cell provides more complex nutritional requirements than bacterial cell.
Pros and cons of bacterial and animal cell:
The pros and cons of both bacterial and animal cell, in the table provide the explanation, how the animal cells vary in organelles responsible, for metabolic complexity.Thus, the bacterial cell does not perform more biosynthetic capacity and metabolic complexity than animals.
Biochemistry 4th Edition by Reginald Garrett, Charles Grisham
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