An Ancient Fingerprint Indicates the Common Ancestry of Rossmann-Fold Enzymes Utilizing Different Ribose-Based Cofactors.

Nucleoside-based cofactors are presumed to have preceded proteins. The Rossmann fold is one of the most ancient and functionally diverse protein folds, and most Rossmann enzymes utilize nucleoside-based cofactors. We analyzed an omnipresent Rossmann ribose-binding interaction: a carboxylate side cha...

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Main Authors: Paola Laurino, Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy, Rubén Meana-Pañeda, Wei Lin, Donald G Truhlar, Dan S Tawfik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002396&type=printable