THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMALITY IN SOME BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

Citation
F. Angulobrown et al., THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMALITY IN SOME BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 17(1), 1995, pp. 87-90
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
87 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1995)17:1<87:TOISBR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In this short communication we discuss the possibility that anaerobic glycolisis and (aerobic) respiration, both for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, be chemical reactions that follow different thermody namic-optimization criteria. The former reaction maximizing power outp ut and the latter maximizing a function that represents an advantageou s compromise between high power output and low entropy production. Our approach is by means of finite-time thermodynamics (FTT).