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| Bacterial cells can convert the amino
acid, glutamate to another amino acid, glutamine. This
occurs in a single reaction, caltalyzed by the enzyme,
glutamine synthetase.
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Here's what is known
about the reaction:
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- ATP provided energy. Some of the energy was
lost as heat, but most was transferred to other
reactants.
- The enzyme, glutamine synthetase, catalyzed
this transfer of energy from ATP to another
reactant.
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Here's what is unknown
about the reaction:
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Where did ATP's energy go?
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- Which reactant(s) got some of ATP's energy?
Where is that energy now?
- Was a phosphorylated intermediate created?
If so, what happened to it?
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