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DNA 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 w
by ild 11y ago
DNA 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.