Projektnummer

0063717

Zusammenfassung

Since their emergence about 3.7 billion years ago, proteins have been key to life as we know it. They come in different shapes and are involved in various biological functions, including metabolism, immune response, muscle movements, and more. But how did proteins emerge and continue to evolve? Their functions are varied and complex, but they are all made of the same building blocks - amino acids connected in long chains, which fold to create three-dimensional structures. Through the process of evolution, amino acid segments from existing proteins are reassembled to form new proteins, sometime...