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Comparative Study
. 1979 Jun 8;13(1):57-72.
doi: 10.1007/BF01732754.

Evolutionary changes in protein composition -- evidence for an optimal strategy

R Coutelle, G L Hofacker, R D Levine
Comparative Study

Evolutionary changes in protein composition -- evidence for an optimal strategy

R Coutelle et al. J Mol Evol. .

Abstract

The information contained in the composition of different proteins of the same family is analyzed. It is found that within each family the gain in information per amino acid replacement is constant. This finding is interpreted to imply that evolutionary changes in proteins follow an "optimal" path in the sense that they maximize the number of potentially functional sequences that can be generated by T accepted point mutations from a given protein, subject to restrictions due to biological function.

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