BIO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Exergonic Reaction, Endergonic Reaction, Atp Hydrolysis

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Exergonic reaction proceeds with a net release of free energy and is spontaneous. Endergonic reaction absorbs free energy from its surroundings and is not spontaneous. Reactions in a closed system will eventually reach equilibrium. Cells are not in equilibrium because they are not a closed system. Cell does three kinds of work: mechanical, transport, chemical. Adenosine triphosphate [atp] is the most widely used energy storage molecule among organisms. Atp composes of: a nitrogenous base [adenine, sugar [ribose, three phosphate groups. Atp hydrolysis is an exergonic reaction because the products have less free energy than. Are biological catalysts that carry out most catalysis in living organisms. Input is the reactants, output is the products. Enzymes lower the activation energy required for a process to occur. Activation energy is independent of whether the reaction is exergonic or endergonic. Enzymes do not affect the change in free energy. They do not change the direction of the reaction.

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