title: Protein multifunctionality: principles and mechanisms.
abstract: In the review, the nature of protein multifunctionality is analyzed. In the first part of the review the principles of structural/functional organization of protein are discussed. In the second part, the main mechanisms involved in development of multiple functions on a single gene product(s) are analyzed. The last part represents a number of examples showing that multifunctionality is a basic feature of biologically active proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department Cell Research and Immunology, George Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Haim Levanon St., 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Joseph Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zaretsky
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Wreschner