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Speculation on quantum mechanics and the operation of life giving catalysts.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Haydon, Nathan McGlynn, Shawn E. Robus, Olin
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Haydon N ( NASA NAI Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. njhaydon@gmail.com)
Abstract	The origin of life necessitated the formation of catalytic functionalities in order to realize a number of those capable of supporting reactions that led to the proliferation of biologically accessible molecules and the formation of a proto-metabolic network. Here, the discussion of the significance of quantum behavior on biological systems is extended from recent hypotheses exploring brain function and DNA mutation to include origins of life considerations in light of the concept of quantum decoherence and the transition from the quantum to the classical. Current understandings of quantum systems indicate that in the context of catalysis, substrate-catalyst interaction may be considered as a quantum measurement problem. Exploration of catalytic functionality necessary for life's emergence may have been accommodated by quantum searches within metal sulfide compartments, where catalyst and substrate wave function interaction may allow for quantum based searches of catalytic phase space. Considering the degree of entanglement experienced by catalytic and non catalytic outcomes of superimposed states, quantum contributions are postulated to have played an important role in the operation of efficient catalysts that would provide for the kinetic basis for the emergence of life.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	01696149
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	41
e-ISSN	15730875
Journal	Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Date	2011-02-01
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Molecular Biology Discipline Biology Catalysis Origin Of Life Biomechanical Phenomena Catalytic Domain Computer Simulation Kinetics Life Metals Chemistry Models, Molecular Photochemical Processes Quantum Theory Sulfides Journal Article Research Support, U.s. Gov't, Non-p.h.s.
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Space and Planetary Science

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