Molecular evolution. Dissolving the barriers.
The crystal structure of lysin, a protein involved in abalone fertilization, together with evolutionary sequence analysis, provides clues to lysin's non-enzymatic mode of action and possible role in speciation.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003460:Crystallization; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D005306:Fertilization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology*; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009088:Mucoproteins; C010393:lysin, gastropoda