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The Ionic Environment and Metabolic Control

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Metal ions may play a part in the control of enzyme and metabolic activities. The feedback inhibition of glycolysis, for example, may take place as a result of the inhibition of the pyruvate kinase reaction by calcium ions. This reaction could be only one of a number of enzyme-catalysed reactions controlled by the concentration of metal ions.

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