La arquitectura espacial de la función y la adaptación de las proteínas.

Richard N McLaughlin1, Frank J Poelwijk, Arjun Raman

  • 1Green Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9050, USA.

Nature
|October 9, 2012
PubMed
Resumen

Los sectores de proteínas, redes de aminoácidos en coevolución, son cruciales para la estructura y la función. Las mutaciones dentro de estos sectores impulsan la adaptación de las proteínas y los cambios de especificidad, ofreciendo información sobre la ingeniería de las proteínas.

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