High-order epistasis in catalytic power of dihydrofolate reductase gives rise to a rugged fitness landscape in the presence of trimethoprim selection
Y. T. Tamer, I. K. Gaszek, H. Abdizadeh, T. Batur, K. Reynolds, A. R. Atilgan, C. Atilgan, E. Toprak
The paper quantifies high-order epistasis in DHFR mutations under trimethoprim selection, revealing complex fitness landscapes and implications for inhibitor design.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2018Evolutionary Biology