Protein molecular evolution

The current state-of-the-art experimental techniques for protein molecular evolution can be viewed as local optimization procedures in protein... 

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Shapiro remained true to his role of critical observer at the ISSOL conference in 2002 in Mexico there he expressed the opinion that the beginnings of life did not involve polymers at all (be they nucleic acids or proteins, or their hypothetical precursors pre-nucleic acids or pre-proteins), but initially involved interactions between monomers, the polymeric biomolecules being formed in later phases of molecular evolution. In this monomer world , reactions were supported by small biocatalysts (Shapiro, 2002). 

The decision to write a book on the origin (or origins) of life presupposes a fascination with this great problem of science although my first involvement with the subject took place more than 30 years ago, the fascination is still there. Experimental work on protein model substances under simulated conditions, which may perhaps have been present on the primeval Earth, led to one of the first books in German on Chemical and Molecular Evolution Klaus Dose (Mainz) had the idea of writing the book and was my co-author. 

Volume 183. Molecular Evolution Computer Analysis of Protein and... 

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In the present small review we will interest ourselves primarily for the art of engineering proteins. In this process we will find ourselves recovering important information from seemingly distant areas of science, such as physical chemistry and molecular evolution. Since the literature is full of a myriad of physical chemical methods... 

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