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Evolutionary relationship of two ancient protein superfolds

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Farías-Rico, José Arcadio ; Schmidt, Steffen ; Höcker, Birte:
Evolutionary relationship of two ancient protein superfolds.
In: Nature Chemical Biology. Bd. 10 (2014) Heft 9 . - S. 710-715.
ISSN 1552-4469
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1579

Abstract

Proteins are the molecular machines of the cell that fold into specific three-dimensional structures to fulfill their functions. To improve our understanding of how the structure and function of proteins arises, it is crucial to understand how evolution has generated the structural diversity we observe today. Classically, proteins that adopt different folds are considered to be nonhomologous. However, using state-of-the-art tools for homology detection, we found evidence of homology between proteins of two ancient and highly populated protein folds, the (βα)8-barrel and the flavodoxin-like fold. We detected a family of sequences that show intermediate features between both folds and determined what is to our knowledge the first representative crystal structure of one of its members, giving new insights into the evolutionary link of two of the earliest folds. Our findings contribute to an emergent vision where protein superfolds share common ancestry and encourage further approaches to complete the mapping of structure space onto sequence space.

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Publikationsform: Artikel in einer Zeitschrift
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie III - Proteindesign - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Nein
Themengebiete aus DDC: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie
Eingestellt am: 23 Mai 2017 09:06
Letzte Änderung: 27 Okt 2022 10:37
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/37215