Molecular BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Divergent evolution of a protein-protein interaction revealed through ancestral sequence reconstruction and resurrection
Louise Vagner Laursen, Jelena Čalyševa, Toby J. Gibson, Per Jemth
The paper reconstructs and resurrects ancestral sequences of PDZ3 and CRIPT to study the evolutionary dynamics of their interaction, finding it ancient but with reduced affinity in nematodes and insects.