Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10750820 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Based upon many theoretical findings on protein evolution, we proposed a ligand-selection model for the origin of proteins, in which the most ancient proteins originated from ATP selection in a pool of random peptides. To test this ligand-selection model, we constructed a random peptide library consisting of 15 types of prebiotic amino acids and then used cDNA display to perform six rounds of in vitro selection with ATP. By means of next-generation sequencing, the most prevalent sequence was defined. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the selected peptide showed that it was stable and foldable and had ATP-hydrolysis activity as well.
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Authors
Shou-Kai Kang, Bai-Xue Chen, Tian Tian, Xi-Shuai Jia, Xin-Yi Chu, Rong Liu, Peng-Fei Dong, Qing-Yong Yang, Hong-Yu Zhang,