Efficiency consilient protein-based

Consilient Mechanisms for Diverse Protein-based Machines The Efficient Comprehensive Hydrophobic Effect... 

Elastic forces come into play as hydrophobic associations stretch interconnecting chain segments. Only if the elastic deformation is ideal does all of the energy of deformation become recovered on relaxation. To the extent that hysteresis occurs in the elastic deformation/ relaxation, energy is lost and the protein-based machine loses efficiency. Thus, the elastic consilient mechanism, whereby the force-extension curve can be found to overlay the force-relaxation curve becomes the efficient mechanical coupler within the vital force. The objective now becomes one of understanding the age-old problem of a reluctance to discard past idols. 

When protein-based machines function by the hydrophobic consilient mechanism, the genetic code is ideally suited for their evolution toward new machines with greater efficiency. 

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