Big Bang in the Protein Universe
The study reveals that protein evolution has not reached its limit and it is still continuing. At the same time, it provides us new information on why this evolution is so slow and conservative showing that protein structures are more evolutionary plastic than previously thought.
http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/06_NOTICIAS/HIDE-PRESSRELEASES/86CB4AD58FB83321E04012AC0E016243
Big bang in the protein universe?
The Povolotskaya and Kondrashov study also provides new information on how different interactions between different amino acids in the structure of proteins slows down but does not completely prevent evolution.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100519205503.htm
