Biochemistry 2280A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gibbs Free Energy, Atp Hydrolysis, Phosphate
28 Oct 2016
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G is affected by: properties of the molecules. Each reaction has a certain chemical nature. Cannot change this confined: reaction conditions. Can change this depending on the environment. When move reactants to products, get a change in free energy. Each reaction has a certain delta g and represents if its releasing energy or taking energy in from the environment. Important for when we want to know if reactions are going to proceed or not with or without the input of energy. Energy diagram: shows progress of a reaction from left to right. Free energy of reactants is higher than products. The g is negative intervention: when this happens, see reactants being converted to products by itself without, natural flow of events. Go from high energy state to lower = spontaneous reaction occurs on its own. Equilibrium lies towards products: products still converted to reactants but happens not as often, net conversion of reactants to products.
