Life and Oscillatory Reaction

In addition to the well-known chemical vibrational reactions, an enzyme oscillatory reaction using a semipermeable membrane has been discovered. It was found that the slow membrane permeation of the substrate caused the oscillatory reaction of the enzyme. Oscillatory reactions are thought to occur in actual biological membranes, and NADH and ATP were found to oscillate even in mitochondria. It was suggested that oscillatory reactions occur everywhere within the body.

On the other hand, calcium oscillation was discovered in the interaction between calcium and phospholipids, and then calcium oscillation was discovered in reactions with various substances.

It was also discovered that oscillatory reaction of other neurotransmitters occurs, suggesting that these oscillations serve as information for information transmission.