A new paradigm of multiheme cytochrome evolution by grafting and pruning protein modules
R. Soares, C. M. Paquete, N. Costa, C. Andreini, R. O. O. Louro
This study refines the evolutionary relationships of multiheme cytochromes by showing that NrfA and cytochrome c554 evolved from ancestral octaheme cytochromes through pruning and grafting of protein modules.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2022Biochemistry