Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Activation Energy, Extremophile, Protein Folding

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Free energy (g: g = h - t s, g - free energy, amount of energy in a system that we can actually use, endergonic (+, exergonic (-, h - enthalpy, bond energy, endothermic (+, exothermic (-) In this case, atp helps since there is energy in atp to give to the reactants. Kinetic barrier: propane is thermodynamically unstable, but kinetically stable, to get to transition state, propane takes a lot of energy, so must give it a spark. Enzymes of lower activation energy: rate of reaction is proportional to number of molecules that can get to transition state, enzymes catalyze reactions by lowering activation energy. Speed up reaction by lowering activation energy: enzymes do not make g more negative, enzymes change the path the reaction takes. Why does life need enzymes: we speed up reactions by using enzymes rather than increasing temperature, enzymes must have evolved very quickly to allow speeding up reactions at temperature that can sustain life.

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