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Now out in Current Biology - our attempt at detecting protein homologs in the post-protein folding age.
Insect ORs and GRs are particularly difficult to work with because of rapid evolution and huge sequence divergence. By combining structure and sequence based searches, we surprisingly found homologs across the tree of life. Cryptic proteins as old as LUCA?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.008
#phylogenetics #alphafold #evolution #ionchannels #olfaction #smell #gustation #taste #drosophila #asgard #LUCA