In glycolysis, the reaction of glucose (Glu) to form glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) requires ATP to be present as described by the following equation:
In this process, ATP becomes ADP summarized by the following equation:
Determine the standard free energy change for the following reaction, and explain why ATP is necessary to drive this process:
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