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#Question id: 404


When a mixture of 3-phosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycerate is incubated at 25 °C with phosphoglycerate mutase until equilibrium is reached, the final mixture contains six times as much 2-phosphoglycerate as 3-phosphoglycerate.  Which one of the following statements is most nearly correct, when applied to the reaction as written?  (R = 8.315 J/mol·K; T = 298 K)  3-Phosphoglycerate -> 2-phosphoglycerate

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
  1. DG'°  is –4.44 kJ/mol.

  2. DG'° is zero.

  3. DG'°is +12.7 kJ/mol.

  4. DG'°is incalculably large and positive.