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What is the overall process through which living systems acquire and utilize the free energy they need to carry out their various functions?
What is the overall process through which living systems acquire and utilize the free energy they need to carry out their various functions?
Metabolism
Why do living organisms require a continuous influx of free energy?
Why do living organisms require a continuous influx of free energy?
To maintain order in a universe bent on maximizing disorder
What is the role of ATP in the thermodynamics of phosphate compounds?
What is the role of ATP in the thermodynamics of phosphate compounds?
ATP plays a role in rationalizing the 'energy' in 'high-energy' compounds
Why are living systems not at equilibrium?
Why are living systems not at equilibrium?
What is the main challenge in accurately measuring the concentration of chemical species in specific cellular compartments?
What is the main challenge in accurately measuring the concentration of chemical species in specific cellular compartments?
How are bonds with large negative values of G°¿ commonly referred to?
How are bonds with large negative values of G°¿ commonly referred to?
What do the symbols A, R, and P represent in the representation of ATP as AR¬P⬃P⬃P?
What do the symbols A, R, and P represent in the representation of ATP as AR¬P⬃P⬃P?
What provides the dominant thermodynamic driving force for the hydrolysis of phosphoanhydrides?
What provides the dominant thermodynamic driving force for the hydrolysis of phosphoanhydrides?
How do phototrophs acquire free energy?
How do phototrophs acquire free energy?
What is the nature of the energy coupling process in living things?
What is the nature of the energy coupling process in living things?
How do chemotrophs obtain their free energy?
How do chemotrophs obtain their free energy?
What are the high-energy phosphate compounds used for energy coupling?
What are the high-energy phosphate compounds used for energy coupling?
