Unevolved proteins from modern and prebiotic amino acids manifest distinct structural profiles
Vyacheslav Tretyachenko, Jiří Vymětal, Tereza Neuwirthová, Jiřı́ Vondrášek, Kosuke Fujishima, Klára Hlouchová
This study shows that proteins made from prebiotic and modern amino acids can form stable structures, challenging the idea that complex amino acids are necessary for protein folding.
bioRxiv · Aug 29, 2021 · PreprintSynthetic Biology