Functional sensitivity and mutational robustness of proteins

Sensitivity and robustness appear to be contrasting concepts. However, natural proteins are robust enough to tolerate random mutations, meanwhile be susceptible enough to sense environmental signals, exhibiting both high functional sensitivity (i.e., plasticity) and mutational robustness. Uncovering...

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Main Authors: Qian-Yuan Tang, Tetsuhiro S. Hatakeyama, Kunihiko Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-09-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033452