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Free energy changes of chemical reactions are related to a number of parameters: entropy and enthalpy changes (Eq. 9.1), equilibrium constants (Eq. 9.2), and oxidation-reduction potentials. Of these, equilibrium constants and oxidation-reduction potentials are of primary importance for computing free energy changes of metabolic reactions. Relationships between free energy changes and equilibrium constants were explored in Chapter 9. Now we will focus on the relationships between free energy changes and oxidation-reduction potentials.
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Stenesh, J. (1998). Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation. In: Biochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9427-4_12
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