In living organisms, every protein—a type of biological polymer consisting of hundreds of amino acids—carries out specific ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. While AlphaFold and the subsequent AI revolution in biology garnered a lot of attention, the foundational bricks for the strides made in protein structure and ...

"The design principles presented here could decisively advance the development of customized protein nanomaterials." More ...

Scientists in Shanghai have made a breakthrough in protein design by leveraging artificial intelligence, establishing the ...

A team of scientists in the lab of Nobel Prize winner David Baker has created a method for designing proteins that can bind and sense a range of small molecules, with wide applications for biomedicine ...

Protein design (or protein engineering) is a technique by which proteins with enhanced or novel functional properties are created. Proteins can be engineered by rational design, which typically ...

Shanghai scientists have made breakthrough in protein design by leveraging artificial intelligence, establishing the world's ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Rational design is the classical protein engineering method that involves site directed mutagenesis. 7 Scientists perform specific point ...

A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered—which ...

Biophysicists have elucidated why unexpected structures can sometimes arise during protein design. Artificially designed proteins are usually based on building blocks that obey strict rules of ...