Quantifying electron transfer reactions in biological systems: what interactions play the major role?

ABSTRACT: Various biological processes involve the conversion of energy into forms that are usable for chemical transformations and are quantum mechanical in nature. Such processes involve light absorption, excited electronic states formation, excitation energy transfer, electrons and protons tunnelling which for example occur in photosynthesis, cellular respiration, DNA repair, and possibly magnetic field sensing. Quantum biology uses computation to model biological interactions in light of quantum mechanical effects and has primarily developed over the past decade as a result of convergence between quantum physics and biology. In this paper we consider electron transfer in biological processes, from a theoretical view-point; namely in terms of quantum mechanical and semi-classical models. We syste

SUBMITTER: Sjulstok E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686879 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature