AlphaFold arrived as a technical moonshot that suddenly made protein structures feel like software rather than secrets of ...

A scientist has used a form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning to predict the 3D structure of effectively any protein based on its amino acid sequence. This new approach for ...

AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...

A new machine-learning system can generate protein designs with certain structural features, and which do not exist in nature. These proteins could be utilized to make materials that have similar ...

Nearly seven years ago, MIT scientists mapped the molecular structure of proteins in spider silk threads onto musical theory to produce the "sound" of silk in hopes of establishing a radical new way ...

Mutations can occur on several levels, including genetic, but can also take the form of amino acid replacements during protein synthesis. Amino acid replacements can be deleterious, neutral, or ...

DeepMind, a division of Alphabet, says it has solved one of the most difficult computing challenges in the world: predicting how protein molecules will fold. It is key to understanding important ...

5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is a naturally occurring amino acid and the essential precursors of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) an important neurotransmitter for mood regulation, memory, learning, and ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have modified a bacterial transport system so that it can efficiently introduce large quantities of unnatural amino acids into cells, disguised as a kind of Trojan horse.