Concentration oscillations and efficiency: glycolysis.
The oscillations observed in glycolysis are analyzed from the point of view of efficiency of free energy conversion. It is suggested that the mechanisms generating these oscillations may have evolved in order to reduce the dissipation of free energy.
D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis; D010507:Periodicity; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics
D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase