Solved: Is quantization significant for macromolecules confined to biological cells To

Chapter 35, Problem 45

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Is quantization significant for macromolecules confined to biological cells? To find out, consider a protein of mass 250,000 u confined to a 10@m-diameter cell. Treating this as a particle in a one-dimensional square well, find the energy difference between the ground state and the first excited state. Given that biochemical reactions typically involve energies on the order of 1 eV, what do you conclude about the role of quantization?

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