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Protein moonlighting

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Protein moonlighting is a phenomenon by which a protein can perform more than one function. It is an example of gene sharing.

Protein moonlighting - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proteins performing more than one function This article is about genes sharing multiple functions in an organism. For "gene sharing" between organisms, see horizontal gene transfer . Crystallographic structure of cytochrome P450 from the bacteria S. coelicolor (rainbow colored cartoon, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with heme cofactor (magenta spheres ) and two molecules of its endogenous substrate epi-isozizaene as orange and cyan spheres respectively. The orange-colored substrate resides in

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