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Breakthrough on finding protein structure

Discussion in 'bit-tech Folding Team' started by The_Crapman, 12 Feb 2025.

  1. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    It’s a phenomenal video about the topic. Had to have a look and see if it has made fold@home redundant and while it is a major leap forward it seems there is still a need for folding on pc’s for verifying results and trying to understand the fundamental mechanics making it all happen.
     
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    Yeh I think folding is still needed. Been a couple of weeks since I watched it, but I think the new modelling software can give you the final structure, but not the order in which the bonds have to form to fold it into a working protein, which is the bit folding@home does. Can imagine that someone will probably rewrite folding algorithms based on the data they're using in the new model to make folding more efficient.
     

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