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The following reactions can be coupled to give alanine and oxaloacetate: ?????????+???????? ⇋?????????????+??????? Δ??303°′=−1000 ?/??? ?????????+????????????...

  1. The following reactions can be coupled to give alanine and oxaloacetate:

?????????+???????? ⇋?????????????+??????? Δ??303°′=−1000 ?/???

?????????+???????????? ⇋?????????????+????????? Δ??303°′=−4810 ?/???

Write the equation for Keq and solve for the below combined reaction at 303.15 K:

b)In the cytoplasm of a certain cell, reaction components were found to be at the following concentrations: pyruvate = 10-3 M, aspartate = 10-3 M, alanine = 10-4 M, oxaloacetate = 10-6 M.Calculate the Gibbs free energy change for the reaction in part (a) under these conditions.

c) What conclusion can be made about the direction of this reaction under cytoplasmic conditions?

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?????????+???????? ⇋?????????????+??????? Δ??303°′=−1000 ?/??? ...equation(1)

?????????+???????????? ⇋?????????????+????????? Δ??303°′=−4810 ?/??? ...equation(2)

Reversing equation(2) we get,

?????????????+????????? ⇋ ?????????+????????????, Δ??303°′= +4810 ?/??? ...equation(3)

Adding equation(1) and equation(3) we get the equation for Keq which is,

???????? + ????????? ⇋ ???????????? + ???????, Δ??303°′= (-1000 + 4810) J/mol = +3810 J/mol ...equation(4)

We have Δ?? = -2.303 * RT * logKeq ...equation(5)

where, R is the universal gas constant whose value is 8.314 J mol-1 K-1

T is the reaction temperature, Δ?? is the free energy change of the reaction and Keq is the equilibrium constant for the reaction. Here T = 303.15 K

By putting these values in equation(5) we get,

-2.303 * 8.314 * 303.15 * logKeq = 3810

logKeq = -3810 / (2.303 * 8.314 * 303.15) = -0.65

So Keq = 10-0.65 = 0.22
Therefore the value of Keq is 0.22

b) From equation(4) equilibrium constant Keq for the reaction can be written as

Keq = ([????????????] * [???????]) / ([????????] * [?????????]); ( [] signifies concentration of the corresponding species)

Therefore under cytoplasmic condition, Keq = (10-6 * 10-4) / (10-3 * 10-3) = 10-4

Therefore from equation(5) we get

Δ?? = -2.303 * 8.314 * 303.15 * log(10-4) = 23217.82

So, under cytoplasmic condition the value of Δ?? is 23217.82 J/mol

c) As the value of Δ?? is positive for the reaction under cytoplasmic condition, the reaction will be non-spontaneous i.e. it will go to the backward direction favoring the reactants.


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