THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMALITY IN SOME BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

Authors
ANGULOBROWN F SANTILLAN M CALLEJAQUEVEDO E
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
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
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).