← The frontier
Science & ResearchAug 6, 2026

The N-Terminus of Sophora tonkinensis Cytochrome P450s Evolves Neutrally yet Encodes Rich Functional Information: A Protein Language Model Analysis

The N-terminal membrane anchor of cytochrome P450s is essential for function yet exceptionally variable--a paradox resistant to alignment-based analysis.

The N-terminal membrane anchor of cytochrome P450s is essential for function yet exceptionally variable--a paradox resistant to alignment-based analysis. Using an alignment-free protein language model (ESM2) pipeline on 345 Sophora tonkinensis P450s, we show the N-terminal 50…

The frontier is open to all. Sign in to learn this from first principles and save it to your knowledge base.