On the diversity of functions of guanine-containing structures in living systems. Yu.N. ZHURAVLEV, A.A. KARPENKO, M.A. GUZEV
Keywords:
guanine, photonic crystals, metamaterials, fishes, camouflage, defense reactionsAbstract
On the diversity of functions of guanine-containing structures in living systems. Yu.N. ZHURAVLEV1, A.A. KARPENKO2, M.A. GUZEV3 (1Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, 2Institute of Marine Biology, A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, 3Institute of Applied Mathematics, FEB RAS, Vladivostok).
Examples of guanine presence in living systems are given. The nature of compounds where the guanine molecule is used as an intermediate stable form has been analyzed. On this ground a working assumption is proposed according to which there is a structural affinity between guanine-inspired structures and the advanced metamaterials created bу chemists-physics.