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(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants
photosynthesis is an endergonic process
How To Use endergonic In A Sentence
- In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
- Given that low saturation is more likely for pathways with a majority of endergonic steps, it is possible that in the endergonic case the manifestation of dominance is less dependent on selection.
- photosynthesis is an endergonic process
- Dehydration is endergonic not only because the products are less strongly bonded, but because entropy is decreased in the synthesis of the more complex macromolecule.
- In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
- Energy production in the various cell compartments and energy consumption in endergonic processes have to be well adjusted to the varying conditions.
- Reactions with negative DG values are termed exergonic and those with positive DG values endergonic.
