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Weight of creatine phosphate that would need to be consumed each day by a typical adult human if creatine phosphate could not be recycled should be calculated. If creatine phosphate were recyclable how many times would each creatine phosphate molecule need to be turned over or recycled each day should be calculated. The calculations should be repeated glycerol-3-phosphate.
Introduction:
ATP is the universal energy carrier of human body. An average adult human consumes around
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- BiochemistryBiochemistryISBN:9781305577206Author:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. GrishamPublisher:Cengage Learning