Consider the Following Metabolic Reaction:
Succinyl-CoA + Acetoacetate $\to$ Acetoacetyl-CoA + Succinate

question 20

Multiple Choice

Consider the following metabolic reaction:
Succinyl-CoA + Acetoacetate $\to$ Acetoacetyl-CoA + Succinate $\Delta$ G°' = -1.25 kJ/mol
This reaction is

• A)favorable under standard conditions.
• B)not favorable under standard conditions.
• C)nonspontaneous as written regardless of reactant concentrations
• D)spontaneous as written only when [succinate] and [acetoacetyl-CoA] are high.
• E)favorability of this reaction as written depends on temperature and reactant concentrations

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