Solution of problem

LONG-DISTANCE MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

A solution of the problem

Physicist Frölich proposed an acceptable solution to this problem. He suggested the resonant interaction between biological molecules, which lead to the appearance of frequency-selective long-range attractive forces that are efficient at a distance longer than one linear dimension of the interacting macromolecules (100 – 1000 Å). These forces allow an increase in the number of productive collisions in comparison with the accidental encounter of molecules.

The long-range molecular interaction (recognition and targeting)

Two steps of the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the antibody

a) The water mediated virus-antibody interaction (the long-range interaction)

b) the virus-antibody binding (the short range interaction)