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The free-energy changes associated with the individual steps of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis and alcoholic fermentation and with the hydrolysis of the pyrophosphate groups of adenosinetriphosphate

Year: 1953

Type: article

Abstract: Now that the main stages of the energy-producing reactions in living matter are known, investigations into biological energy transformations are likely to become increasingly concemed with the mechanisms by which the free energy of respiration and fer- mentation is converted into work.In many of such studies it is essential to possess accurate data on the free-energy changes associated with the individual steps of the energy-giving reactions and the hydro- lysis of energy-rich phosphate compounds.Reliable data for many of these reactions are still lacking.Many free-energy data which have hitherto been used, e.g.

Source: Biochemical Journal

DOI: 10.1042/bj0540094

Authors: K. Burton, H. A. Krebs

Institutions: Medical Research Council, University of Sheffield

Language: English

Topic: thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1812092592