Abstract
The Onsager flux-force coefficients Lij for any biochemical system at a steady state near equilibrium have a simple interpretation: they are linear combinations of the equilibrium one-way cycle fluxes of the kinetic diagram for the system. An explicit and general expression for Lij is derived. This supplements the more pedagogical argument published elsewhere, which was based on a particular special case.
Keywords: enzyme kinetics, flux-force relation, near-equilibrium steady state, irreversible thermodynamics
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