pathway
Type: process Aliases: pathwaysbiochemical pathwaymetabolic pathway
- Systems Analogy A step-by-step assembly line where each chemical reaction hands off its product to the next.
- Formal Definition A linked series of biochemical reactions occurring within a cell, activated by specific triggers to achieve a physiological endpoint.
Mentioned In
- Biological CircuitsAuditory Cortex Auditory-Dopaminergic Coupling, Dermal Bisphenol Transfer & Endocrine Disruption, DHA Target Engagement & Cognition in Dementia Risk, Fasting, Microbiome Shifts, and Neuroinflammation, Gut Dysbiosis & Microglial Priming in Alzheimer's, Hanski Biodiversity Hypothesis & Immune Training, Lifestyle Synergy & Endogenous Sirtuin Pathways, Phytochemical Regulation of Aging Pathways
- Book SynthesisThe Age Code (David Cox), When the Body Says No: Stress, Differentiation, and Disease
- Conceptbiochemical, cytoprotective, xenohormesis
- Conditiongut dysbiosis
- Moleculepolyphenol, sulforaphane
- Processapoptotic, degradation pathway, detoxification, downregulate, gut-brain axis, oxidative stress, synthesized, upregulate
- ProteinTLR4
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Book / Monograph Nelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"A metabolic pathway is a series of enzymatic reactions that convert a precursor into a product."