BIO 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Chemical Energy, Potential Energy, Thermodynamics

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31 Mar 2018
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Energy and chemical reactions: two general factors govern the fate of a given chemical reaction in a living cell, direction, rate. If a reaction has a positive free-energy change (deltag > 0: endergonic: refers to chemical reactions that require an addition of free energy and do not proceed spontaneously. If deltag for a chemical reaction is negative, reaction favors the conversion of reactant to products. In living organisms, many vital processes require the addition of free energy: endergonic and do not occur spontaneously, cells often couple exergonic reactions with endergonic reactions. If an exergonic reaction is coupled with an endergonic reaction, the endergonic reaction will proceed spontaneously if the net free-energy change for both processes combined is negative. Many proteins use atp as a source of energy: researchers have discovered examples in which a protein uses the hydrolysis of atp to drive a chemical reaction or cellular process.

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