Protein structures evolved at random - almost

• average < 10%

  • -> most pairs have ërandomí identity levels

• 3 - 4% anchor residues

• 4 billion years of evolution reached equilibrium

  • rate of creating new structures slower than drift towards mean

• averages for convergent and divergent evolution similar

• convergent evolution may have been a major event

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