A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

University researchers uncovered that dipeptides, basic protein building blocks, played a central role in shaping the genetic ...

Forecasting protein evolution in terms of folding stability using state-of-the-art population genetics and substitution models is feasible in rugged fitness landscapes, whereas forecasting exact amino ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...