Some TGD inspired comments about biocatalysis

It seems that the Pollack effect could play a fundamental role in living matter. In the TGD framework, Pollack effect has several applications generalizations. OH-bonds, typically associated with acids, are fundamental and they could be dynamical so that Pollack effect and its reversal, that is the transformation OH↔ O^-+ p, where p is dark proton at the monopole flux tube, could be central in quantum biology (see this). Pollack effect would generate exclusion zones (EZs) with negative charge and also the electrons could be dark. What follows is an attempt to test this proposal.

There are good reasons to believe that this qubit is topological and TGD analog of condensed matter Majorana fermion requiring respecting fermion number superselection rule (see this). This topological qubit would make possible fully topological quantum computations based on braidings of monopole flux tubes (see this, this and this).

Catalyst action by a gel phase bounding water is necessary for the Pollack effect. It could be needed to kick the OH bond near to the criticality against the splitting to O^-+p induced by the Pollack photon. One should also understand catalyst action in the TGD framework. I have proposed that here magnetic monopole flux tubes and large value of h_eff behaving like dark matter could play a central role: the latest discussion can be found in (see this). Magnetic body could serve in the role of midwife or energy investor in bio-catalysis which together with the Pollack effect would make it possible to overcome the potential barrier making the reaction very slow.

Biocatalysis, Pollack effect, and catabolism and anabolism as aspects of metabolism are considered from the TGD point of view. In particular, the mysterious notions of high energy phosphate bond and the existence of two different phosphates, the organic and inorganic phosphate are discussed.

See the article Some TGD inspired comments about biocatalysis or the chapter The based view about dark matter at the level of molecular biology.

For a summary of earlier postings see Latest progress in TGD.

For the lists of articles (most of them published in journals founded by Huping Hu) and books about TGD see this.