If atp hydrolysis took place in an acidic solution such that it no longer carried negative charges, how would you predict that the free energy released would change?

Respuesta :

The correct answer is that less free energy will be released.

This would happen because, usually the high negative charge density associated with the three adjacent P (phosphate) units of ATP destabilizes the molecule, making it higher in energy.  In an acidic solution that no longer carries negative charges, ATP molecule will have less energy.