The TIM Barrel Architecture Facilitated the Early Evolution of Protein-Mediated Metabolism

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-26

  Goldman, Aaron David ^a   Beatty, Joshua T ^a   Landweber, Laura F ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LUCA; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA world; RNA protein world; TIM barrel

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; PROTEOME; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYMES; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOME; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 84954366001     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9722-8     Document Type: Article

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