Nuclear spin catalysis in living nature

Аннотация

Experiments with cells enriched in stable magnesium isotopes, magnetic ²⁵Mg or nonmagnetic ²⁴Mg and ²⁶Mg, are carried out. It is revealed that adaptation of bacteria E. coli to the growth media enriched in magnetic ²⁵Mg proceeds faster as compared to the growth media enriched in nonmagnetic magnesium isotopes. In experiments with another commonly accepted cell model, S. cerevisiae yeast, it is revealed that the rate constant of postradiation recovery of the cells after UV irradiation is two times higher for cells enriched in ²⁵Mg than for cells enriched in the nonmagnetic isotope. In collaboration with Ukrainian colleagues from the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, the effects of different isotopes of magnesium on ATPase activity of myosin isolated from myometrium are studied. It is found that the rate of the enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP for ²⁵Mg is 2.0–2.5 times higher as compared to nonmagnetic isotopes ²⁴Mg and ²⁶Mg. Some possible mechanisms of magnetic isotope effects (nuclear spin catalysis) in biological objects are discussed.