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A Level chemistry question?!

Can someone please help me out with this question, which reaction is catabolic and what’s the biochemical explanation why?
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Original post by Chloerose14
Can someone please help me out with this question, which reaction is catabolic and what’s the biochemical explanation why?
Thanks!
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So let me give you an easy way of remembering. Steroids are anabolic steroids and steroids build molecules right? So catabolic is the opposite it breaks molecules into smaller things so in this case reaction B is breaking 1 maltose into two glucose so it must be catabolic.
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Original post by AelinGalanythius
So let me give you an easy way of remembering. Steroids are anabolic steroids and steroids build molecules right? So catabolic is the opposite it breaks molecules into smaller things so in this case reaction B is breaking 1 maltose into two glucose so it must be catabolic.

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Original post by Chloerose14
Why would it not be reaction A?

As in reaction A the two molecules are combined into one by condensation. So it's anabolic as a anabolic reaction combines smaller molecules to make a larger molecule.
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As in reaction A the two molecules are combined into one by condensation. So it's anabolic as a anabolic reaction combines smaller molecules to make a larger molecule.

yes

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