Emergence of new function through evolutionary divergence of an intrinsically disordered region
Carlos A. Elena‐Real, Antonia M Körber, Blaise Gatin‐Fraudet, Alexandra Kovinko, Kathrin Motzny, Arbesa Saiti, Adam Lange, Johannes Broichhagen, Sigrid Milles
This study shows how transient secondary structure in intrinsically disordered regions can generate new molecular functions while preserving ancestral activities in paralogous proteins.
bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics