New AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

Proteins are the workhorses that keep our cells running, and there are many thousands of types of proteins in our cells, each ...
Interesting Engineering

AlphaFold and the architecture that cracked protein structure

AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...
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Largest protein classification in history finds 700,000 unknown structures

Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique ...
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Myoglobin Protein Model

Professor Jonathan Wittenberg used this model of sperm whale myoglobin structure as a teaching tool at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in the Bronx. It was used beginning ...
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OpenFold Biotech AI Research Consortium releases SoloSeq and Multimer, an integrated protein Large Language Model with 3D structure generation

DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OpenFold, a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research consortium, today announced the release of two new tools: 1) SoloSeq, which integrates a new protein Large ...
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Gero’s Structure-Free AI Model Generates Small Molecules from Protein Sequences

Gero, a biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for aging and chronic diseases, has released ProtoBind-Diff, a novel masked diffusion language model that generates drug-like molecules for ...
Morningstar

OpenFold Consortium Releases Preview of OpenFold3: An Open-Source Foundation Model for Structure Prediction of Proteins, Nucleic Acids, and Drugs

Fully open source model accurately predicts the 3D structures of proteins and biomolecules in silico, and serves as a foundational model for next generation of cutting-edge Protein AI tools The ...
Chemistry World

Protein design takes big leap forward as model produces enzymes almost as effective as nature’s

The proposed designs were then synthesised and tested in the lab where they achieved enzymatic activities close to those found in nature. ‘They’re not the best enzymes that have ever existed in nature ...
The Scientist

The Journey to a Nobel Prize: A Protein Design and Structure Research Timeline

In the wee hours of an October morning, David Baker, a protein biologist at the University of Washington (UW), received the most-awaited phone call in a scientist’s career. Halfway around the world, ...