Cryptic genetic variation shapes the fate of gene duplicates in a protein interaction network.

ABSTRACT: Paralogous genes are often functionally redundant for long periods of time. While their functions are preserved, paralogs accumulate cryptic changes in sequence and expression, which could modulate the impact of future mutations through epistasis. We examine the impact of mutations on redundant myosin proteins that have maintained the same binding preference despite having accumulated differences in expression levels and amino acid substitutions in the last 100 million years. By quantifying the impact of all single-amino acid substitutions in their SH3 domains on the physical interaction with their interaction partners, we show that the same mutations in the paralogous SH3s change binding in a paralog-specific and interaction partner-specific manner. This contingency is explained by the di

SUBMITTER: Dibyachintan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11814230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature