Sentence examples for speculated to function as from inspiring English sources
Although plant PII orthologs were speculated to function as a sensor for both C and N [31], the T-DNA knockout mutants of GLB1 exhibit only weak phenotypes [32].
Because the proteins are located at the surface of this organism, where they were postulated to scavenge food including bacteria, the Tectonin proteins have been speculated to function as bacterial sensors.
Such TN-encoding genes have been speculated to function as adapter proteins interacting with TNL proteins or with downstream signaling components [ 17].
Class B Hsfs, except HsfB5, contain the RD in the C-terminus, which is speculated to function as a repressor motif, making HsfB members act as repressors [ 27– 30].
The PE-PGRS proteins are specific to mycobacteria and are speculated to function as surface antigens [ 25, 26].
Based on previous observations that ppk23 neurons respond to both attractive and aversive sex pheromones, we speculate that they function as general detectors for a subset of chemosensory cues rather than encode information about valence.
As mentioned above, no direct experimental evidence for the function of these bacterial and archaeal proteins currently exists, although because of their distant homology to eukaryotic debranching enzymes and their genomic distribution, we speculate that they function as debranching enzymes.
As for function, this polymorphism was speculated to affect mRNA [ 39].
It is thus tempting to speculate that AtTCP20 may function as the counterpart to ASR1 in Arabidopsis, which would be consistent with the known connection between adaptation to abiotic stress and oxidative respiration through mitochondrial electron transport in plants [ 54].
Given the interaction of Reaper with MFN2, we speculated that Reaper could function as an MFN2 inhibitor to prevent mitochondrial fusion.
The swelling would, researchers speculate, have functioned as a passport, giving the alluring stranger a measure of protection from one or more of the males.
