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| Description: | InnovCrete Seminar How do proteins evolve? Prof. Dan S. Tawfik, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Friday, April 22nd, 2016 @ 12:00 FORTH Amphitheatre Host: M. Kokkinidis I will briefly describe our insights regarding how new enzymatic functions evolve, via gradual, small changes in sequence, and while preserving the overall structure (fold) and active-site architecture. However, the mechanisms underlying these evolutionary micro-transitions do not explain the macro evolutionary transitions – how completely new folds emerge, let alone how the very first protein(s) evolve. The latter are thought to have emerged from short polypeptides. I will describe our findings with respect to how functional, globular proteins may emerge from short peptides. |
| Location: | FORTH Amphitheatre |
| Status: | Waiting for approval |
| Date: | Friday, April 22, 2016 |
| Time: | 12:00 EEST |
| Priority: | 5-Medium |
| Access: | Public |
| Created by: | Lila Kalogeraki |
| Updated: | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 06:26 GMT |