Soliton-assisted unidirectional circulation in a biochemical cycle.
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 infrared photon absorption as in recent experiments on acetanilide.
Dipartimento di Fisica, Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Roma I, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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