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Intrinsically unstructured proteins evolve by repeat expansion

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Research reveals that unstructured proteins arise from expansion of internal repeat regions as seen in a preponderance of repeats in 126 protein sequences. Data indicate that tandemly repeated segments account for 39% in Swiss-Prot, 18% in yeast and 28% in human proteins. Furthermore, the repetitive segments are involved in fundamental functions of the unstructured proteins.

Author: Tompa, Peter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: BioEssays
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0265-9247
Year: 2003
Hungary, Genomes, Structure-activity relationships (Biochemistry), Protein structure, Amino acid sequence, Amino acid sequencing

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Speciation and inversions: chimps and humans

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Research suggests that our ancestral species, chimpanzees, via a divergent process involving gene flow and chromosomal inversions evolved into human species. Recent evidence suggests an effect of inversions on local recombinant rates, in which a high rate of amino-acid substitution within regions of divergence between humans and chimpanzees occur by inversions.

Author: Hey, Jody
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: BioEssays
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0265-9247
Year: 2003
Influence, Human evolution, Chimpanzees, Inversion (Genetics), Speciation, Inversions (Genetics)

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Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots

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This review presents the algal diversity and their evolution through endosymbiotic process. Research findings indicate that a previously non-photosynthetic protist gave rise to eukaryotic algae through endocytosis of a procaryotic cyanobacterium. The role of endosymbiosis and the exent of endosymbiotic gene transfer are discussed.

Author: Bhattacharya, Debashish, Yoon, Hwan Su, Hackett, Jeremiah D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: BioEssays
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0265-9247
Year: 2004
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Origin, Genetic transformation

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Subjects list: Research, Analysis, Evolution (Biology), Evolution, United States, Genetic aspects
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