Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions: estimation of<i>B</i><sub>1/2</sub>for flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in cryptochromes
Siu Ying Wong, Philip Benjamin, P. J. Hore
Abstract
Spin dynamics simulations are used to characterise the magnetic sensitivity of the flavin-tryptophan radical pair thought to be the detector in the magnetic compass sense of migratory songbirds.
Topics & Concepts
Flavin groupTryptophanCryptochromeChemistryPhotochemistryMagnetic fieldComputational chemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryBiochemistryAmino acidEnzymeGeneCircadian clockQuantum mechanicsElectromagnetic Fields and Biological EffectsPlant and animal studiesAtmospheric Ozone and Climate