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The two conserved sequence motifs involved in ATP binding do provide a link between eukaryotic GshBs and the ATP-grasp superfamily, but it is rather tenuous, as it is possible that these sequences provide the best way to bind ATP within the context of this structural fold and have evolved by convergent evolution in eukaryotic GshBs and the ATP-grasp superfamily members.
The unlikely--and more than slightly jarring--response reminds us that freedom is as tenuous as it is precious, that the current sense of plenty must be zealously guarded: "Take stock in America," we're told.
That identification with Kennedy accounts in part for Brinkley's tenuous proposition: that Kennedy's death is the signal event of his generation, the moment Gen X lost its innocence.
Buchanan throws in tenuous assertions and crusty old theories willy-nilly, regardless of their provenance.
Some examples can be found in [ 2 3 4 5 6 ] . Importantly natural history models based only on observational data must implicitly assume no selection bias, a very tenuous assumption.