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Calculate the amount of ATP in kg that is turned over by aresting human every 24 hours. Assume that a typical human contains~50g of ATP (Mr 505) and consumes ~8000 kJ of energy in food eachday. The energy stored in the terminal anhydride bond of ATP understandard conditions is 30.6 kJmol-1. Assume also that the dietaryenergy is channeled through ATP with an energy transfer efficiencyof ~50%. Express your answer to two significant figures, and don'tforget units!

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Given 1 ADP Pi ATP dG 306kJ mol1 equation 1 2 Efficiency of reaction 1 50 That is only 50 of 8000 kJ energy    See Answer
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