MadSci Network: Biochemistry
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Subject: why ATP is used as energy currency in place of DHAP

Date: Fri Jul 18 08:36:51 2003
Posted by ritankar
Grade level: undergrad School: saha institute of nuclear physics; crystallography and molecular biology division
City: calcutta State/Province: west bengal Country: india
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1058535411.Bc
Message:

the change of gibbs free energy is higher in the hydrolysis of dihydroxyacetone
phosphate (DHAP) than ATP, then why do we use ATP as energy currency.



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