Protein switches can be created by combining the genes of existing protein domains with the prerequisite input and output functions for the switch. In the example shown here, an enzymatic switch is created by fusing an enzyme (red) and a ligand binding domain (blue) that binds a small molecule ligand (open square) such that the ligand modulates enzyme activity. For details, see Ostermeier, pages 359–364.
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