EXAPTATION. “Evolution works best when it does not need to generate a whole new active site from scratch. Instead, evolution can generate a new enzyme from one that is “close”, that is, shares elements of mechanism or machinery from which the new activity can be built. Nature co-opts old machinery to do new jobs.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022