Conformational transformations induced by the charge-curvature interaction

Details Conformational transformations induced by the charge-curvature interaction Conformational transformations induced by the charge-curvature interaction

2005-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506178v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

REVTeX, 19 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021914

A simple phenomenological model for describing the conformational dynamics of biological macromolecules via the nonlinearity-induced instabilities is proposed. It is shown that the interaction between charges and bending degrees of freedom of closed molecular aggregates may act as drivers giving impetus to conformational dynamics of biopolymers. It is demonstrated that initially circular aggregates may undergo transformation to polygonal shapes and possible application to aggregates of bacteriochlorophyl a molecules is considered.

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