ERIC Number: EJ1290359
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Publication Date: 2021-Mar
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Enzyme Free Energy Diagrams: Enzyme-Substrate Binding Is Always Spontaneous
Journal of Chemical Education, v98 n3 p1049-1051 Mar 2021
In at least two papers published in this "Journal," enzyme free energy diagrams were presented showing enzyme--substrate binding to be nonspontaneous. I present here several different approaches showing that enzyme--substrate binding is "always" spontaneous, and the y-axis of the reaction progress diagrams presented previously is in fact standard enthalpy (H°), and not free energy.
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