User:Sheimanj/sandbox

General...(re: Bioenergetics article)

Overview section could actually introduce the concept of free energy and/or "types of reactions" (albeit briefly, and link to other Wiki pages so people who want to read in more detail can) because someone reading this page has to first make it through that whole first paragraph /before/ they get they get to read about Gibbs free energy (and that overview paragraph is indeed lengthy).

I think the part about "slow combustion" in the overview is a helpful and interesting conceptualization, though I agree that the mention of the bomb calorimeter is unnecessary (a page to bomb calorimetry could be linked at the bottom with the other "See Also" pages, perhaps).

"Living organisms produce ATP from energy sources via oxidative phosphorylation. The terminal phosphate bonds of ATP are relatively weak..." --> mention the sources of energy explicitly. Also, you've linked us to wiki's ox. phosphor. page but a brief, concise sentence explaining what it is would be helpful.

Honestly the section on cotransport-- I'm sure Krane is happy knowing he's on Wiki but this section is irrelevant (unless an editor makes it clear why cotransport is a fundamental aspect (or consequence, perhaps) of bioenergetics).

Energy homeostasis is super important, I feel like this info could go into the overview instead of at the very bottom-- iInclude this with paragraph on Gibbs free energy.

I agree with others that the overview is vague in areas; a new overview paragraph could potentially start with the concept of energy generally then relate that to biological systems. Then in a new paragraph, introduce Gibbs free energy/ types of energy, then you can discuss how biological systems acquire energy, how it gets used, etc etc. Might post more on this as I think about it more...

Last thing: It seems like the phrase "flux" (as in "energy flux") is common when talking about biochemical pathways that release energy; I think this phrase could be explained then used in this article, as energy flux is an important concept with respect to bioenergetic homeostasis.