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One Way Our Bodies Produce ATP Is to Couple the Formation

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One way our bodies produce ATP is to couple the formation of ATP from ADP with the hydrolysis of phosphoenopyruvate (PEP) ,as shown below.
PEP + ADP + H+(aq) \to pyruvate + ATP         ~~~~~~~~Δ\Delta rG \circ '=?

Given the following thermodynamic data,
PEP + H2O( \ell ) \to pyruvate + HPO42-(aq)         ~~~~~~~~Δ\Delta rG \circ ' = -61.9 kJ/mol-rxn
ATP + H2O( \ell ) \to ADP + HPO42-(aq) + H+(aq)         ~~~~~~~~Δ\Delta rG \circ ' = -30.5 kJ/mol-rxn
Calculate the standard Gibbs free energy of reaction for the formation of ATP from the hydrolysis of PEP.


A) 92.4 kJ/mol-rxn
B) -31.4 kJ/mol-rxn
C) -92.4 kJ/mol-rxn
D) 31.4 kJ/mol-rxn
E) -46.7 kJ/mol-rxn

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