Soliton-assisted unidirectional circulation in a biochemical cycle
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 81 (14) , 4386-4388
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.81.14.4386
Abstract
The unidirectional circulation of an enzyme round a working cycle can be understood in terms of the formation and decay of a soliton that acts as a ligand for the protein and for which the surrounding heat bath serves as a sink. An experimental confirmation of this interpretation is suggested in which the soliton is of the Davidov type and is created by IR photon absorption as in recent experiments on acetanilide.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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