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| title | date | description |
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| On Folding Proteins | 2020-12-23 | On Folding Proteins |
Merry Christmas, everyone.
What is the “protein folding problem”? A brief explanation
Today Google DeepMind announced that their deep learning system AlphaFold has achieved unprecedented levels of accuracy on the “protein folding problem”, a grand challenge problem in computational biochemistry.
What is this problem, and why is it hard?
A good primer on protein folding, the challenges involved, and, of course, recent developments.