L. M. Longo

The Role of Electron Spin, Chirality, and Charge Dynamics in Promoting thePersistence of Nascent Nucleic Acid-Peptide Complexes

This study shows how chirality and spin enhance protein-DNA complex stability through the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect.

Functional Ambidexterity of an Ancient Nucleic Acid-Binding Domain

The paper investigates the functional robustness of the HhH protein family under chiral inversion, finding functional ambidexterity across evolutionary trajectories.

Widespread Utilization of Diverse Organophosphate Pollutants by Marine Bacteria

Marine bacteria utilize diverse organophosphate pollutants as a phosphorus source, offering potential for bioremediation.

Polyamines Mediate Folding of Primordial Hyper-Acidic Helical Proteins

This study shows polyamines induce folding of a hyper-acidic ancestral protein, suggesting they may have functioned as chemical chaperones in early life.

On the Emergence of P-Loop NTPase and Rossmann Enzymes from a Beta-Alpha-Beta Ancestral Fragment

This paper investigates the evolutionary relationship between P-loop NTPases and Rossmann enzymes, suggesting they may share a common ancestral beta-alpha-beta fragment.

Primordial emergence of a nucleic acid binding protein via phase separation and statistical ornithine to arginine conversion

This study demonstrates a transition from phase-separating polypeptides to dsDNA-binding proteins through statistical ornithine-to-arginine conversion and sequence duplication.