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Questions are grouped by core concept area and are accompanied by an answer key that describes the features ofa Highly Proficient response. In the rationale section, we have tried to provide additional information illustrating the linkage between the question and fundamental concepts and skills in biochemistry and molecular biology.  \nThese questions are provided for informational purposes only. They are not to be distributed, in part or whole, to outside parties or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without express permission in writing from ASBMB.  \nCONCEPT AREA: Energy and metabolism.  \n1. The final reaction of the citric acid cycle (see reaction below) has a standard free energy change (∆G°’) of +29 .7kJ/mol. Describe two specific ways cells drive this reaction forward.  \nKEY  \nWhen acetyl-CoA is available, the oxaloacetate produced by malate dehydrogenase is rapidly converted to citrate (a thermodynamically favorable reaction), which drives down the concentration of oxaloacetate and pulls the reaction to the right. In addition, this reaction is driven forward by the very low concentration of NADH and the higher concentration of NAD + .[NADH] in the mitochondria is kept very low by continual reaction with the electron transport chain. Thus the reaction is driven forward by the electron transport chain functioning and keeping the [NADH] very low.  \nRATIONALE  \nThis question is designed to probe the student’s understanding of how the conditions existing inside a cell impact the thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. In this case, while ∆G°’is unfavorable, this value applies to a specific circumstance in which 1) all reactants are present in equal, 1 M, concentrations; 2) the reaction takes place in isolation; and 3) the pH is fixed at 7.0 (symbolized by the prime symbol [‘]) .  \n1) Inside the cell the concentrations of substrates and products generally fall at or below the millimolar range. Not only is this well below the 1M used to calculate the standard free energy, but for any given enzyme-catalyzed reaction the physiological levels of substrates and products are rarely equal to one another. 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