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    Developments in protein science do not undermine the fundamental role of structure in protein classification, but instead call for a more nuanced understanding of that role.

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    • 1.Cases such as moonlighting proteins and intrinsically unstructured proteins complicate but do not eliminate the structural basis of protein identity.
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    • 2.A more nuanced account of how structure individuates proteins can accommodate these difficult cases.
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    • 1.Intrinsically disordered proteins lack stable 3D structure yet possess determinate biological identity, constituting a genuine counterexample to structural individuation.
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    • 2.A classification scheme requiring post-hoc 'nuancing' to accommodate systematic exceptions signals theoretical inadequacy, not refinement, per Lakatosian criteria for degenerating research programs.
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    • 1.Moonlighting proteins perform distinct functions with identical structures, demonstrating that structure underdetermines protein kind membership in functionally relevant classifications.
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    • 2.Dupré's promiscuous realism implies that protein classification is irreducibly pluralistic, meaning no single structural account can serve as the fundamental individuating principle across all legitimate scientific contexts.
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    Philosophers have also discussed classification at the interface of biology and chemistry. Goodwin (2011) has argued that structure is fundamental and sufficient for classification of biomolecules, such as proteins. Tobin (2010a) and Slater (2009) appeal to developments in the relationship between protein structure and function in a number of cases such as moonlighting proteins, intrinsically unstructured proteins, and enzymes with multiple structural variants. They claim that the path from stru
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