Redefining the Limits of Functional Continuity in the Early Evolution of P-Loop NTPases
Andrey O. Demkiv, Saacnicteh Toledo‐Patiño, Encarnación Medina‐Carmona, Andrej Berg, Gaspar Pinto, Antonietta Parracino, José M. Sánchez‐Ruiz, Alvan C. Hengge, Paola Laurino, Liam M. Longo, Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin
This paper challenges the evolutionary model that the Walker A motif was a seed for early P-loop NTPases by showing that disembodied Walker A peptides do not form stable phosphate-binding nests.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Mar 11, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics