DocumentCode
60417
Title
Prediction of Tubulin Resonant Frequencies Using the Resonant Recognition Model (RRM)
Author
Cosic, Irena ; Lazar, Katarina ; Cosic, Drasko
Author_Institution
RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Volume
14
Issue
4
fYear
2015
fDate
Jun-15
Firstpage
491
Lastpage
496
Abstract
Tubulin proteins were analyzed using the Resonant Recognition Model to predict possible electromagnetic resonances in tubulin and microtubules. We propose that these electromagnetic resonances are caused by charge transfer through the protein molecule. The frequencies of these electromagnetic resonances depend on charge velocity. Using different velocities of charge transfer, we predicted resonant frequencies in different frequency ranges from KHz to THz. These resonant frequencies could be relevant for taxol binding as well as a possible role of microtubules as a macromolecular computer.
Keywords
charge exchange; molecular biophysics; physiological models; proteins; charge transfer velocities; electromagnetic resonance prediction; macromolecular computer; microtubules; protein molecule; resonant recognition model; taxol binding; tubulin resonant frequency; Amino acids; Charge transfer; Phonons; Proteins; Resonant frequency; Molecular modeling; protein resonances; resonant recognition model; signal processing; tubulin;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
NanoBioscience, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1241
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNB.2014.2365851
Filename
6967834
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