What are the exergonic reactions that provide living systems

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a) Does making chemical bonds release or require energy? Why? How do you know?
b) Does breaking chemical bonds release or require energy? Why? how do you know?
c) Provide a real-life example of chemical bonds releasing or breaking bonds in our body.

3. Explain the energetic advantage of coupling exergonic reactions to endergonic reactions. Use for example the ATP-ADP molecule.

4. Organisms are endergonic systems. What are the exergonic reactions that provide living systems with energy (give two examples)?

5. Explain, how the "lock-and-key" model compares with an enzyme's function?

6. Choose one example below and explain how it will affect an enzyme's structure and function.
a) Substrate concentration
b) temperature
c) pH
d) salt concentration
e) cofactors and coenzymes

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