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Do you ever wondered why two different reaction with the same ?G°' of -15 kJ/mol are sometimes considered as irreversible and in other cases considered as reversible?

Do you think they change in arbitray way, so you cannot predict anything out of them?

 

The issue is actually that the standard is poorly chosen and does not reflect biological concentrations, so that you need to correct the values before you can use them.

 

Here is a short guidance to biologists how to use them:

 

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