Question

Please explain why you chose the answer as I do not understand the question.

When a mixture of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate is incubated with the enzyme phosphohexose isomerase (which catalyzes the interconversion of these two compounds) until equilibrium is reached,the final mixture contains twice as much glucose 6-phosphate as fructose 6-phosphate. Which one of the following statements is best applied to this reaction outlined below?

glucose 6-phosphate<-->fructose 6-phosphate

a. delta G is incalculably large and negative

b. delta G is -1.72 kj/mol

c. delta G is zero

d. delta G is +1.72 kj/mol

e. delta G is incalculably large and positive

Answer 1