DocumentCode
3255167
Title
Energy diffusion model of bR for voxel identification
Author
Neto, Didimo Garcia ; Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Hoda S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI
fYear
2005
fDate
7-10 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
1294
Abstract
In this paper, a potential biological structure for computer volumetric memory is investigated. Bacteriorhodopsin is a protein found in the purple membrane of the bacteria Halobacterium salinarum. This protein has light absorption properties that generate different stable states allowing the use of multilevel logic as well as binary logic. CHARMmtrade has been used to simulate the energy response of Bacteriorhodopsin at room temperature 300K for the bR ground state and the other states. The K state takes place after blue light (lambda= 635nm) absorption on the bR state. The energy difference is found to be an increase of 1086.92 kcal/mol which is responsible for triggering the photocycle that also includes the states K, L, M, N, and O. An energy surplus is found between O and bR state that may be spread to surrounding molecules. However, conformational interference does not produce photons necessary for the isomerization reaction. Further quantum molecular (QM) analysis should provide an extended model for this macromolecular energy study
Keywords
biocomputing; isomerisation; light absorption; logic gates; microorganisms; molecular electronic states; multivalued logic; proteins; 300 K; 635 nm; Bacteriorhodopsin protein; CHARMm; Halobacterium salinarum; bR ground state; binary logic; biological structure; computer volumetric memory; conformational interference; energy diffusion model; energy response; isomerization reaction; light absorption properties; macromolecular energy; multilevel logic; quantum molecular analysis; voxel identification; Absorption; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Biomembranes; Computational modeling; Land surface temperature; Logic; Microorganisms; Proteins; Stationary state;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 2005. 48th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location
Covington, KY
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9197-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSCAS.2005.1594346
Filename
1594346
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