A novel mechanism for energy activation in biomolecules
Biological Physics
2020-07-31 v1 Biomolecules
Abstract
An activated process consists of energy activation and barrier crossing; the former is a prerequisite for the latter. Barrier crossing has been studied extensively, but energy activation has been overlooked due to a lack of means to gauge its progress. We define reaction stability as the probability that reactive trajectories pass a vicinity in phase space; it enabled us to analyze energy activation of a biomolecular isomerization. This process follows a mechanism fundamentally different from presumed mechanisms in standard reaction rate theories: it features accumulation of high kinetic energy in reaction coordinates, achieved by precise synergy between them coordinated by momentum space.
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@article{arxiv.2007.15061,
title = {A novel mechanism for energy activation in biomolecules},
author = {Shanshan Wu and Ao Ma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.15061},
year = {2020}
}