Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Loss of cysteine rich domain was critical for evolution of heterodimerization in Toll proteins.
P. Ranga, S. K. Sawanth, N. Mrinal
The paper shows that loss of the cysteine-rich domain in Drosophila Toll9 enabled heterodimerization and dsRNA recognition, highlighting its role in Toll protein evolution.
DOI 10.1101/2021.01.18.427181