A giant leap in sequence space reveals the intracellular complexities of evolving a new function
K. R. Hall, K. J. Robins, M. H. Rich, M. J. Calcott, J. Copp, E. M. Williams, R. F. Little, R. Schwörer, G. B. Evans, W. M. Patrick, D. F. Ackerley
The paper evolves an enzyme to detoxify chloramphenicol, revealing that endogenous substrates significantly influence evolutionary trajectories through epistatic interactions.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2020 · PreprintBiochemistry