Ancestral proteins trace the emergence of substrate specificity and oligomerization within bacterial DEDDy dinucleases
Sofia Mortensen, Andy Burnim, Keith Dufault‐Thompson, Alexander Edward Lipka, Xiaofang Jiang, Holger Sondermann
This study reconstructs ancestral bacterial DEDDy dinucleases to trace the evolution of substrate specificity and oligomerization from a dimeric ancestor with intermediate preferences.
Science Advances · Aug 12, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology