BIOC 212 Lecture Notes - Cytochrome, Inner Membrane, Chemiosmosis

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Spontatenous rxns drive for disorder-however despite this universal effect, the cells are organized . This is because of energy that is used. This energy is taken from catabolic pathways which breakdown stuff into monomers. These monomers are used to build back polymers and build an organized cell. The energy is used to build polymers and also used to organize the cell. Second law of thermodynamics: there"s an unstoppable increasing trend of disorder of the universe. Entropy = s = is degree of disorder. If delta s(change in entropy) is positive, then reaction is spontaneously favored! To be organized entropy is translated into release of heat to the surroundings thus to stay organized the cell sacrifices heat ! As the polymer gets larger, the further reactions that it needs to go through are not always spontaneously favored(some are, some not) these reactions are made possible through enzymes. Enzymes don"t change thermodynamics and does not create energy they just accelerate.

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