Naturally arising de novo open reading frames as potential zinc chelators in Drosophila melanogaster

A central open problem in the study of de novo gene origination is that the molecular mechanisms and functions driving the emergence of such evolutionarily young, de novo protein-coding genes remain poorly understood.

A central open problem in the study of de novo gene origination is that the molecular mechanisms and functions driving the emergence of such evolutionarily young, de novo protein-coding genes remain poorly understood. Metal chelation, a simple, directly selectable activity that…