The three-dimensional shape of a protein determines its function. This is because proteins form attachments and interact with many other molecules and structures inside organisms. The shape of a ...

4 Soon thereafter Hassabis turned his attention to the protein ... In the subsequent years, DeepMind created the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database, which now includes over 200 million structures.

The intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not attain a stable secondary or tertiary structure and rapidly change their conformation, making structure prediction particularly challenging.

Yamano-Adachi believes that a better understanding of the chemical and physical structure of the expressed protein during production might help explain why. Currently visualization methods require ...