Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 4SQ
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Introduction: Activation energy is the minimum amount of energy required to start a reaction. An endergonic reaction describes the net input of free energy to proceed, while an exergonic reaction describes the reaction that ends with a net release of free energy. The Gibbs free energy for the exergonic reaction is negative and for endergonic reaction, it is positive. In a process called catalysis, the enzyme makes a reaction faster than its own. The enzyme remains unaffected in this reaction.
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