PATCHWORK HYPOTHESIS. “Concerning the mechanisms of pathway assembly, both the analysis of completely sequenced genomes and directed evolution experiments strongly support the patchwork hypothesis, according to which metabolic pathways have been assembled through the recruitment of primitive enzymes that could react with a wide range of chemically related substrates.” Bolt-on exaptations.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022