A simple stochastic model for the evolution of protein lengths

Details A simple stochastic model for the evolution of protein lengths A simple stochastic model for the evolution of protein lengths

2007-03-26

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0703054v2

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

12 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.76.011924

We analyse a simple discrete-time stochastic process for the theoretical modeling of the evolution of protein lengths. At every step of the process a new protein is produced as a modification of one of the proteins already existing and its length is assumed to be random variable which depends only on the length of the originating protein. Thus a Random Recursive Trees (RRT) is produced over the natural integers. If (quasi) scale invariance is assumed, the length distribution in a single history tends to a lognormal form with a specific signature of the deviations from exact gaussianity. Comparison with the very large SIMAP protein database shows good agreement.

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