Abstract:The effect of population bottlenecks and genome reduction on enzyme function is poorly understood. 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' is a bacterium with a reduced genome that is transmitted vertically to the egg of an infected psyllid - a population bottleneck that imposes genetic drift and is predicted to affect protein structure and function. Here, we define the effects of genome reduction and genetic drift on the function of Ca. L. solanacearum dihydrodipicolinate synthase (CLsoDHDPS), which catalyses … Show more
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