Symmetry facilitated the evolution of specificity and high-order stoichiometry in vertebrate hemoglobin
C. R. Cortez-Romero, J. Lyu, A. Pillai, A. Laganowsky, J. W. Thornton
This study investigates how vertebrate hemoglobin evolved from a homodimeric ancestor to a heterotetramer through simple genetic changes that exploited symmetry in its structure.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2024Evolutionary Biology