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Identifying pseudogenes from hypothetical proteins for making synthetic proteins
Authors:P R Shidhi  Achuthsankar S Nair  Prashanth Suravajhala
Institution:1. Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Kariyavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India
2. Bioclues.Org, Hyderabad, India
3. Bioinformatics.Org, 28 Pope Street, Hudson, MA, 01749, USA
Abstract:Nature selected certain regions of the genome for encoding proteins. Most of the sequences were used to encode only RNA. What happened to the remaining sections of the genome? It is possible that some sequences were retired and retained as non-functional entities called pseudogenes. Though several evolutionary prospects with functional endpoints exist, we looked at the possibility of hypothetical proteins correlating with the emergence of pseudogenes and potential of such genes to make novel synthetic molecules. In this commentary, we consider two key aspects: (1) does any correlation exist between hypothetical proteins and pseudogenes and (2)—can we make novel and functional proteins from pseudogenes?
Keywords:Pseudogenes  Hypothetical proteins  Synthetic proteins
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