Evolution and implications of de novo genes in humans

LA Broeils, J Ruiz-Orera, B Snel, N Hubner… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes and translated open reading frames (ORFs) that emerged de novo from previously
non-coding sequences provide species with opportunities for adaptation. When aberrantly …

De novo genes

L Zhao, N Svetec, DJ Begun - Annual Review of Genetics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Although the majority of annotated new genes in a given genome appear to have arisen
from duplication-related mechanisms, recent studies have shown that genes can also …

What can ribo-seq, immunopeptidomics, and proteomics tell us about the noncanonical proteome?

JR Prensner, JG Abelin, LW Kok, KR Clauser… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2023 - ASBMB
Abstract Ribosome profiling (Ribo-Seq) has proven transformative for our understanding of
the human genome and proteome by illuminating thousands of noncanonical sites of …

Selection of a de novo gene that can promote survival of Escherichiacoli by modulating protein homeostasis pathways

I Frumkin, MT Laub - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular novelty can emerge when non-functional loci become functional genes in a process
termed de novo gene birth. But how proteins with random amino acid sequences …

The origins and functions of de novo genes: Against all odds?

CM Weisman - Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Abstract “De novo” genes evolve from previously non-genic DNA. This strikes many of us as
remarkable, because it seems extraordinarily unlikely that random sequence would produce …

Enzyme function and evolution through the lens of bioinformatics

AJM Ribeiro, IG Riziotis, N Borkakoti… - Biochemical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Enzymes have been shaped by evolution over billions of years to catalyse the chemical
reactions that support life on earth. Dispersed in the literature, or organised in online …

Random, de novo, and conserved proteins: how structure and disorder predictors perform differently

L Middendorf, LA Eicholt - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the emergence and structural characteristics of de novo and random proteins
is crucial for unraveling protein evolution and designing novel enzymes. However …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing structure and disorder prediction tools for de novo emerged proteins in the age of machine learning

M Aubel, L Eicholt, E Bornberg-Bauer - F1000Research, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: De novo protein coding genes emerge from scratch in the non-coding regions
of the genome and have, per definition, no homology to other genes. Therefore, their …

Structural characterization of human de novo protein NCYM and its complex with a newly identified DNA aptamer using atomic force microscopy and small-angle X …

S Yamamoto, F Kono, K Nakatani, M Hirose… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
NCYM, a Homininae-specific oncoprotein, is the first de novo gene product experimentally
shown to have oncogenic functions. NCYM stabilizes MYCN and β-catenin via direct binding …

[PDF][PDF] Sequence, Structure, and Functional Space of Drosophila De Novo Proteins

L Middendorf, B Ravi Iyengar… - Genome Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
During de novo emergence, new protein coding genes emerge from previously nongenic
sequences. The de novo proteins they encode are dissimilar in composition and predicted …