Dependence of Biocatalysis on D/H Ratio: Possible Fundamental Differences for High-Level Biological Taxons.

ABSTRACT: The kinetics of biological reactions depends on the deuterium/protium (D/H) ratio in water. In this work, we describe the kinetic model of biocatalytic reactions in living organisms depending on the D/H ratio. We show that a change in the lifetime or other characteristics of the vital activity of some organisms in response to a decrease or increase in the content of deuterium in the environment can be a sign of a difference in taxons. For animals-this is a curve with saturation according to the Gauss's principle, for plants-it is the Poisson dependence, for bacteria a weakly saturated curve with a slight reaction to the deuterium/protium ratio toward increasing deuterium. The biological activity of the aquatic environment with reduced, elevated, and natural concentrations of deuterium is c

SUBMITTER: Zlatskiy I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7571008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature