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Mixed quantum-classical methods for molecular simulations of biochemical reactions with microwave fields: The case study of myoglobin
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2008.
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Abstract
- Contradictory data in the huge literature on microwaves bio-effects may result from a poor understanding of the mechanisms of interaction between microwaves and biological systems. Molecular simulations of biochemical processes seem to be a promising tool to comprehend microwave induced bio-effects. Molecular simulations of classical and quantum events involved in relevant biochemical processes enable to follow the dynamic evolution of a biochemical reaction in the presence of microwave fields. In this paper, the action of a microwave signal (1 GHz) on the covalent binding process of a ligand (carbon monoxide) to a protein (myoglobin) has been studied. Our results indicate that microwave fields, with intensities much below the atomic/molecular electric interactions, cannot affect such biochemical process.
- Subjects :
- inorganic chemicals
Electromagnetic field
Radiation
Materials science
Bioelectromagnetics
Microwaves bio-effects
Molecular simulations
Myoglobin
Biochemical Process
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantitative Biology::Subcellular Processes
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Electromagnetism
Chemical physics
Physical chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Quantum
Microwave
Carbon monoxide
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8c6e7d2a4c910bf30a52b5ca7f167332