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DNA encodes the amino acid sequence. Quantum mechanics defines the folding. These two things combined determine the colour of your eyes, etc., etc. Encoding per
by sklogic 11y ago
DNA encodes the amino acid sequence. Quantum mechanics defines the folding. These two things combined determine the colour of your eyes, etc., etc. Encoding per se is meaningless without the folding.
Also, the way how RNA polymerase work (i.e., transcription) is of quite a quantum nature too.
- ild 11y agoDNA needs to be _unfolded_ during transcription. Anyway, the information stored in DNA in a very much non-quantum nature. > Also, the way how RNA polymerase work (i.e., transcription) is of quite a quantum nature too. Proof?
- sklogic 11y agoYes, the DNA encoded information is classic (please do not consider my comments as any kind of an endorsment of the OP article). But, as I said, this is only a half of the information you need to get any sensible predictions of the results. The rest is defined by folding, and it is very much quantum (heuristics aside). > Proof? I never heard of any polymerase simulation which did not involve computational quantum chemistry methods. Cannot even think of any possible classic approximation (again, heuristics aside - they're just masking the quantum nature of the underlying physics). EDIT: as for transcription, do not forget about the operons. Theirs molecular mechanics is also very quantum.