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Which of the following is an example of futile cycling?
Futile cycling occurs when two metabolic processes occur in opposite directions, and thus result in no net change. This is very wasteful, and not ideal. The only example of the answer choices of metabolic processes occurring in opposite directions is glycolysis and gluconeogenesis occurring simultaneously. Other possible examples could include: glycogenesis and glycogenolysis, beta-oxidation and fatty acid synthesis, etc.
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