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Energy Transfer along Alpha-Helical Proteins

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New Horizons of Quantum Chemistry

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It is shown that the energy of the hydrolysis of ATP molecules can be transported without losses along alpha-helical protein molecules as special collective excited states — SOLITONS. These molecules are also a perfect guide for electron transfer from a donor to an acceptor molecule. A new hypothesis of the mechanism of muscle contraction is suggested.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Ukraine

    A. S. Davydov

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  1. Department of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Per-Olov Löwdin

  2. Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France

    Bernard Pullman

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Davydov, A.S. (1983). Energy Transfer along Alpha-Helical Proteins. In: Löwdin, PO., Pullman, B. (eds) New Horizons of Quantum Chemistry. International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7950-5_7

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