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exergonic

ADJECTIVE
  1. (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy
    diffusion is an exergonic process

How To Use exergonic In A Sentence

  • In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
  • Even if a reaction is exergonic (energy-releasing), it may not proceed if its activation energy is too high.
  • With its highly exergonic free energy change, the flow of electrons through Complex I is more than adequate to drive ATP synthesis.
  • The changes of mechanical power are supported by a sequence of exergonic processes that over the last decades have been the subject of extensive research in biochemistry and biophysics.
  • In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
  • Reactions with negative DG values are termed exergonic and those with positive DG values endergonic.
  • In this strongly exergonic reaction, the high-energy phosphate of PEP is conserved as ATP.
  • The systems considered above are what biochemists call "exergonic", they are fully spontaneous processes. NPR Topics: News
  • diffusion is an exergonic process
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