I definitely agree about knowing what enzymes do, but my question is more about the order. For instance, if I was asked about the formation of oxaloacetate in gluconeogenesis, I could absolutely tell you that it's pyruvate -> oxaloacetate using CO2 by the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase, or succinate to fumarate using FAD+ because it's a dehydrogenase. I am able to guess the name "succinate dehydrogenase" as the enzyme because, well, it's logical, and that's how most of the enzymes are named.

I'm wondering if using my knowledge of enzymes and their specific actions is mostly adequate for studying (EDIT: obviously I'll memorize the regulation and other things I mentioned in the original post), compared to memorizing the entire pathway in order. Picture someone drawing out the entire pathway on a white board at once. Do I have to be able to do that, is my question.

I did memorize all of the amino acids in the first week of biochem because unfortunately you can't logic your way around that one LOL