how can you say if two orthologous proteins belong to the same family
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Michel Edwar ▴ 80

If there are two orthologous sequences from two different species. Does that necessarily mean, they belong to the same family?

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Orthology implies homology which means a common ancestor, so not only should it be the same gene family, but also the function of the protein should be very similar between species.

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