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Gene Families, Epistasis and the Amino Acid Preferences of Protein Homologs:

Gene Families, Epistasis and the Amino Acid Preferences of Protein Homologs: In order to preserve structure and function, proteins tend to preferentially conserve amino acids at particular sites along the sequence. Because mutations can affect structure and function, the question arises whether the preference of a protein site for a particular amino acid varies between protein homologs, and to what extent that variation depends on sequence divergence. Answering these questions can help in the development of models of sequence evolution, as well as provide insights on the dependence of the fitness effects of mutations on the genetic background of sequences, a phenomenon known as epistasis. Here, I comment on recent computational work providing a systematic analysis of the extent to which the amino acid preferences of proteins depend on the background mutations of protein homologs. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evolutionary Bioinformatics SAGE

Gene Families, Epistasis and the Amino Acid Preferences of Protein Homologs:

Ferrada, Evandro
Evolutionary Bioinformatics , Volume 15: 1 – Aug 15, 2019
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Abstract

In order to preserve structure and function, proteins tend to preferentially conserve amino acids at particular sites along the sequence. Because mutations can affect structure and function, the question arises whether the preference of a protein site for a particular amino acid varies between protein homologs, and to what extent that variation depends on sequence divergence. Answering these questions can help in the development of models of sequence evolution, as well as provide insights on the dependence of the fitness effects of mutations on the genetic background of sequences, a phenomenon known as epistasis. Here, I comment on recent computational work providing a systematic analysis of the extent to which the amino acid preferences of proteins depend on the background mutations of protein homologs.

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Evolutionary Bioinformatics – SAGE

Published: Aug 15, 2019

Keywords: Gene families; site-specific amino acid preferences; protein biophysics; mutational trajectories; genetic background

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