METABOLIC PROCESS PATTERNS 



system is then converted into a phosphate system by exchange reactions. 

 Third, in the key reaction, a dehydrogenation of the phosphate system transforms 

 with httle loss electron potential into phosphate bond energy. And fourth, 

 the bond equivalent of 0.25 v. is unloaded to adenylic acid, thus returning 

 the system to the original state. 



In scheme III, a condensed scheme of respiration is drawn. 



Scheme hi 

 Summarizing Flow Scheme of Respiratory Energy Turnover 



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SUBSTRATE CATABOLISM 



In the space projection the two energy fields occupy two dimensions, 

 the third being assigned to the equipotential flow of primary metabo- 

 lites. In reality, these fields of electron and phosphorylation po- 

 tential are not homogeneous, but are canalized through chemical 

 specificity of hydrogen and phosphate transfer, with enzyme specificity 

 acting in the manner of connection plugs. 



The underlying theme of this article is a reminder that, having 

 pulled apart the chemical continuity of the living organism, we are 

 challenged to reintegrate the scattered pieces into a whole. "There 

 is more in a transition than a series of states or possible cuts, more in 

 a movement than a sequence of positions or possible stops. We have 



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