Estimating Can estimating the prevalencelikelihood of protein sequences adopting functional enzyme folds show life is too complex for evolutionary timescales?

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An acquaintance provided me with this article¹. I can't understand for sure what it is about.

My acquaintance said that it proves that time for generation of even the simplest proteins is on a larger timescale than evolution history (billions of years).

I'm asking you, is that truea valid conclusion to be made from this paper? What is in this article that might drive someone to that conclusion?

Axe,D.D. (2004) Estimating the prevalence of protein sequences adopting functional enzyme folds. J. Mol. Biol., 341, 1295–315. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15321723

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I'm not very experienced in protein folding etc. Got this article from myAn acquaintance provided me with this article¹. I can't understand for sure what it is about. He

My acquaintance said that it proves that time for generation anyof even the simplest proteins (simplest) is bigger than billions years and even biggeron a larger timescale than evolution history (billions of years).

I'm asking you, is that true? What is behindin this article that might drive someone to that conclusion?

Thanks. Sorry if my question is not appropriate.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15321723

Axe,D.D. (2004) Estimating the prevalence of protein sequences adopting functional enzyme folds. J. Mol. Biol., 341, 1295–315. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15321723