Approaches for the Reconstruction of Protein Families’ and Superfamilies’ Evolution with Consequences for De Novo Protein Design
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 19557
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Interests: molecular phylogeny analysis; heterologous protein expression; peroxidases; catalase; phylogenetic analysis; reactive oxygen species; oxidative stress
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I invite you to submit your original work and reviews for the new issue of Biology (MDPI) with the title “Approaches for the Reconstruction of Protein Families’ and Superfamilies’ Evolution with Consequences for de Novo Protein Design.” The focus of this broadly formulated issue topic is to get an up-to-date overview of various important achievements in the analysis of molecular evolution and structure–function relationships in diverse protein families and superfamilies originating from various organisms (both prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic). It will surely be interesting to compare convergent and divergent pathways of molecular evolution for distinct proteins based on experimental data and resolved structures and to find out possible unifying rules. Additionally, the search for archetypal subfamilies and the sequences and structures of reconstructed ancestors is of essential importance. This topic has already frequently been present in the literature of the last two decades, but the purpose of this Special Issue is to bring together current research outcomes from various experts and teams in one place to get a rather comprehensive overview of the capacity and possibilities of convergent and divergent modes of evolution within protein folds for future perspectives of specific approach for de novo protein design.
Dr. Marcel Zamocky
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- protein family evolution
- protein superfamily
- convergent evolution
- divergent evolution
- molecular phylogeny
- horizontal gene transfer
- structure–function relationship
- de novo protein design
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