🕊️ Structural Acceleration
Does a bigger genome mean faster structural evolution? No.
We found lineage-specific bursts of structural innovation in Birds (Aves) and Ants (Hymenoptera) that are distinct from genomic expansion. (4/5)
Huge congrats to lead authors Qiuzhen Li & Diandra Daumiller! Thanks to @martinsteinegger.bsky.social for all the great tools!
📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🖥️ Try the Tool: she-app.serve.scilifelab.se
⚙️ A Bipartite Evolutionary Mode
The eukaryotic proteome isn't a uniform soup.
We resolve it into two distinct modes:
A rigid "Architectural Core" (Cytoskeleton/Chaperones)
A highly plastic "Operational Engine" (Metabolism/Translation) (3/5)
Introducing The Structural History of Eukarya (SHE): The first proteome-scale phylogeny constructed entirely from 3D structure.
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
The future of drug design is in AI. RareFoldGPCR: Agonist Design Beyond Natural Amino Acids.
Paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Code: github.com/patrickbryan...