El espacio de secuencias y la expansión continua del universo de proteínas

Inna S Povolotskaya1, Fyodor A Kondrashov

  • 1Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Calle Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park Building, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.

Nature
|May 21, 2010
PubMed
Resumen

La evolución de las proteínas está en curso, con proteínas antiguas que aún divergen. Los límites en la divergencia de secuencias surgen de las restricciones funcionales y los paisajes de aptitud, lo que sugiere que el universo de la secuencia de proteínas aún no se ha explorado por completo.

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