BIOC 2300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Atp Hydrolysis, Hydrolysis, Biomolecule

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Hydrolysis of atp adp + p provides free energy that can be used to drive coupled reactions. Has two phosphoanhydride bonds formed between two phosphoryl groups accompanied by the loss of water. Atp has features that cause it to have high free energy compared with the hydrolysis products adp & amp: charge repulsion the triphosphate is highly negatively charged under physiological conditions (ph 7. 4) so charge repulsion is high. There is less charge concentration when these phosphates are separated: hydration the atp hydrolysis products are more easily solvated in water than. Negative charges are separated and there is greater disorder: resonance in the phosphoanhydride bonds there is competition between neightbouring phosphoryl groups for the o electrons, resulting in resonance (alternative structures that differ in the position of electrons) Considering these structural features together results in substantial phosphoryl group transfer potential. Atp drives several types of reactions: biomolecule synthesis, active transport across membranes, mechanical work muscle contraction.

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