| | An Introduction to Metabolism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | For a chemical reaction to happen at all, it must either be spontaneous or energy must be supplied to drive the reaction forward. |
 | | Just keep in mind that some reactions require a net input of (free) energy to be driven forward, while other reactions net give off some amount of (free) energy as they go forward, but all reactions require some input of (free) energy (activation energy) before they can go forward. |
 | | Note that this reaction requires energy (i.e., it is endergonic) which is true in general for dehydration synthesis (i.e., dehydration synthesis is an example of an anabolic reaction) |
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