Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
A shift in aggregation avoidance strategy marks a long-term direction to protein evolution
S. G. Foy, B. A. Wilson, J. Bertram…·J. Masel
The paper shows that older genes have more interspersed hydrophobic residues compared to younger genes, indicating a long-term evolutionary trend toward reducing aggregation risk.
DOI 10.1534/genetics.118.301719