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ArticleMolecular biotechnology2026

Molecular Evolution of Paralogous Cold Shock Proteins in E. coli: A Study of Asymmetric Divergence and Protein Functional Networks.

Alankar Roy, Sujay Ray

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Alankar RoyAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Kolkata, India.
Sujay RayAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Kolkata, India. raysujay@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7562-6794

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Nine homologous Cold Shock Proteins (Csps) have been recognized in the E.coli Cold Shock Domain gene family. These Csps function as RNA chaperones. This study aims to establish the evolutionary relationships among these genes by identifying and classifying their paralogous counterparts. It focuses on the physicochemical, structural, and functional analysis of the genes to explore the phylogeny of the Csp gene family. Computational tools were employed for protein molecular modeling, conformational analysis, functional studies, and duplication-divergence assessments. The research also examined amino acid conservation, protein mutations, domain-motif patterns, and evolutionary residue communities to better understand residual interactions, evolutionary coupling, and co-evolution. H33, M5, W11 and F53 residues were highly conserved within the protein family. It was further seen that residues M5, G17, G58, G61, P62, A64, V67 were intolerant to any kind of mutation whereas G3, D40, G41, Y42, S44, T54, T68, S69 were most tolerable towards substitutions. The study of residue communities displayed that the strongest residue coupling was observed in N13, F18, S27, F31, and W11. It was observed that all the gene pairs except CspF/CspH had new motifs generated over time. It was ascertained that all the gene pairs underwent asymmetric expression divergence after duplication. The K

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Cold Shock Proteins and PeptidesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsEvolution, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceModels, MolecularMutationPhylogenyCold Shock Proteins and PeptidesEscherichia coli Proteins3D modelingCold shock proteinsConservationDivergenceMolecular dynamics simulationMutagenesisPhylogenySelection pressure

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