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Published on: April 26, 2024
Improvement of the Davydov theory of bioenergy transport in protein molecular systems
1Institute of High-Energy Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China. pangxf@mail.sc.cninfo.net
Abstract:
The Hamiltonian and the wave function in the Davydov theory have simultaneously been improved and extended, based on some physical and biological grounds and on results from other models. The equations of motion for the improved Davydov model with a quasicoherent two-quanta state and a new interaction term in the Hamiltonian describe bioenergy transport along the molecular chains in protein molecules by a soliton mechanism. Some elementary properties of the soliton, including the nonlinear coupling energy and greatly increased binding energy of the soliton, are also given. The results obtained suggest that the model could be a candidate for a bioenergy transport mechanism in protein molecules.
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