The mechanisms by which proteins evolve new functions can be slow and mysterious. Comprehensive structural analysis of enzyme variants reveal how gradual enrichments of pre-existing populations with the right productive dynamics for new functions can accomplish this aim.
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Ma, B., Nussinov, R. Conformational footprints. Nat Chem Biol 12, 890–891 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2212
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