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| Xiang,Heng; Zhang,Ruizhi; Li,Nengzhang; Vossbrinck,Charles R.. |
| There are numerous examples of convergent evolution in nature. Major ecological adaptations such as flight, loss of limbs in vertebrates, pesticide resistance, adaptation to a parasitic way of life, etc., have all evolved more than once, as seen by their analogous functions in separate taxa. But what about protein evolution? Does the environment have a strong enough influence on intracellular processes that enzymes and other functional proteins play, to evolve similar functional roles separately in different organisms? Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) is a manganesedependant metallo-enzyme which plays a crucial role in protecting cells from anti-oxidative stress by eliminating reactive (superoxide) oxygen species. It is a ubiquitous housekeeping... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Convergence; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Manganese superoxide dismutase; Phylogeny; Structure. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000300019 |
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