• ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    A reliable way to simulate any kind of protein fold. As long as you have a method you could hypothetically “solve” the issue

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      You dont solve anything. You generate models. That’s it. Without experimental validation they are just cartoons.

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          Because the models become a database you can search for certain characteristics.

          (This is a guess I consider reasonable.)

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          Its somewhat complex. Protein structures are usually solved with x-ray crystallography. You get a 2-dimensional diffraction pattern. There are different methods to “solve” the diffraction pattern and get the Protein structure. Most are a lot of work, including biochemical lab work. But if you have a model it is relatively easy. The modern computer generated models have revolutionized protein x-ray crystallography.