What exactly does the reaction direction mean
The reactions.dat
file contains (at least) possible values for direction
: PHYSIOL-LEFT-TO-RIGHT
, LEFT-TO-RIGHT
, nan, RIGHT-TO-LEFT
,
REVERSIBLE
, IRREVERSIBLE-LEFT-TO-RIGHT
,
and PHYSIOL-RIGHT-TO-LEFT
I get what LEFT-TO-RIGHT
means. I also think that I understand REVERSIBLE
(equilibrium reactions, I suppose).
But what the purpose of RIGHT-TO-LEFT
? Does that mean that one can take a left-to-right reaction such as 2H2+O2 -> 2H2O, reverse it and record a right-to-left reaction 2H2O <- 2H2 + O2 ?
If this is the case, what's the purpose of this complication?