Origin of chaperone dependence and assembly complexity in Rubisco biogenesis
Jediael Z. Y. Ng, Dennis Wiens, Luca Schulz, Alisa Hergenröder, Andreas M. Küffner, Christin Geil, Tobias J. Erb, Georg K. A. Hochberg
The paper investigates the evolutionary origin of chaperone dependence in Rubisco biogenesis and finds that this dependence evolved neutrally and can be reversed without affecting catalytic function.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology