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Ancestral βγ-crystallin precursor structure in a yeast killer toxin

The structure of the killer toxin from the yeast Williopsis mrakii (WmKT) corresponds to a so far hypothetical ancestral single-domain form of the βγ-crystallin structure type, although there is neither significant sequence homology nor coincidence of physiological functions.

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Antuch, W., Güntert, P. & Wüthrich, K. Ancestral βγ-crystallin precursor structure in a yeast killer toxin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 662–665 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0896-662

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