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Solitons and 1/f noise in molecular chains

Abstract

Davydov`s model of solitons in {alpha}-helix protein chains is shown to display features of self-organized criticality (SOC), i.e., power law behaviour of correlations in space and 1/f noise, as a consequence of considering random peptide group displacements from their (periodic) equilibrium positions along a chain. This may shed light on a basic mechanism leading to obtain flicker noise in {alpha}-helix protein chains and to predict a SOC regime in biomolecular structures from first principles. We believe our treat of 1/f noise to be of some relevance to recent findings due to Voss on DNA (Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3805 (1992)). (author). 28 refs, 2 figs.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IC-93/22
Reference Number:
SCA: 661300; PA: AIX-24:036565; SN: 93000977338
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1993
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SOLITONS; DNA; FLUCTUATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; NOISE; PEPTIDES; 661300; OTHER ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
OSTI ID:
10144772
Research Organizations:
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93622898; TRN: XA9333709036565
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[15] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Rosu, H, and Canessa, E. Solitons and 1/f noise in molecular chains. IAEA: N. p., 1993. Web.
Rosu, H, & Canessa, E. Solitons and 1/f noise in molecular chains. IAEA.
Rosu, H, and Canessa, E. 1993. "Solitons and 1/f noise in molecular chains." IAEA.
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abstractNote = {Davydov`s model of solitons in {alpha}-helix protein chains is shown to display features of self-organized criticality (SOC), i.e., power law behaviour of correlations in space and 1/f noise, as a consequence of considering random peptide group displacements from their (periodic) equilibrium positions along a chain. This may shed light on a basic mechanism leading to obtain flicker noise in {alpha}-helix protein chains and to predict a SOC regime in biomolecular structures from first principles. We believe our treat of 1/f noise to be of some relevance to recent findings due to Voss on DNA (Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3805 (1992)). (author). 28 refs, 2 figs.}
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year = {1993}
month = {Jan}
}