2001 Volume 121 Issue 7 Pages 523-534
The concept of Molecular Science of the Living Organism was described, where the living state is explained as the purposive flows of the quantum mechanically controlled chemical reaction systems which support the homeostasis of the living organism. In the 21st century, the post genomic sequence era, the concept may be a self-evident truth. Molecular Science of the Living Organism was presented in the case of G-proteins: i.e., the atomically controlled mechanism of 1. the carcinogenesis which originates from the point mutation of ras p21, 2. the activation of a receptor protein at the cell membrane, especially in the case of bacteriorhodopsin, 3. the activation of an inactive G-protein by the activated receptor protein.