Metabolic pathways are designed to synthesize necessary cellular reagents as required for cellular and tissue function. To accomplish this, the reaction sequence _______.
a) does not include reactions for which the reverse reaction is significant
b) includes both reactions that are essentially irreversible and reactions that are freely reversible (near equilibrium).
c) utilized only chemical reactions that are energetically favorable (delta G is negative) under the conditions when synthesis is occurring.
d) does not include reactions that are near equilibrium
Ans: b) includes both reactions that are essentially irreversible and reactions that are freely reversible (near equilibrium).
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