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Using Pseudoenzymes to Probe Evolutionary Design Principles of Enzymes.

ABSTRACT: Enzymes are governed by unique evolutionary design principles as their catalytic sites were shown to induce long-range evolutionary conservation gradients. We have recently used a comparative bioinformatics approach to disentangle structural determinants from other possible determinants of the evolutionary conservation gradients. The approach is based on comparing the evolutionary patterns of enzymes to those of pseudoenzymes with the same tertiary structure where the catalytic functionality is turned off. This approach provides a way to evaluate several hypotheses regarding the origin of the observed evolutionary conservation gradient in enzymes. The conclusions from such comparative analyses are important for a better understanding of the unique evolutionary design principles of enzymes, which can in turn potentially guide the design of new and improved enzymes.

SUBMITTER: Sharir-Ivry A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572901 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Using Pseudoenzymes to Probe Evolutionary Design Principles of Enzymes.

Sharir-Ivry Avital A Xia Yu Y

Evolutionary bioinformatics online 20190613

Enzymes are governed by unique evolutionary design principles as their catalytic sites were shown to induce long-range evolutionary conservation gradients. We have recently used a comparative bioinformatics approach to disentangle structural determinants from other possible determinants of the evolutionary conservation gradients. The approach is based on comparing the evolutionary patterns of enzymes to those of pseudoenzymes with the same tertiary structure where the catalytic functionality is ...[more]

PMID: 31236007

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Using Pseudoenzymes to Probe Evolutionary Design Principles of Enzymes.

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Using Pseudoenzymes to Probe Evolutionary Design Principles of Enzymes.

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