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Announced on 8 May 2024, AlphaFold 3 was co-developed by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, both subsidiaries of Alphabet. AlphaFold 3 is not limited to single-chain proteins, as it can also predict the structures of protein complexes with DNA, RNA, post-translational modifications and selected ligands and ions. [28] [13]
Interpretation of PAE values allows scientists to understand the level of confidence in the predicted structure of a protein: Lower PAE values between residue pairs from different domains indicate that the model predicts well-defined relative positions and orientations for those domains.
The prediction is made by "threading" (i.e. placing, aligning) each amino acid in the target sequence to a position in the template structure, and evaluating how well the target fits the template. After the best-fit template is selected, the structural model of the sequence is built based on the alignment with the chosen template.
AlphaFold 3 is already helping Isomorphic work on new drugs for Eli Lilly and Novartis. It can predict the interaction of proteins, DNA, RNA, and many small molecules key to drug design
The protein structure prediction remains an extremely difficult and unresolved undertaking. The two main problems are the calculation of protein free energy and finding the global minimum of this energy. A protein structure prediction method must explore the space of possible protein structures which is astronomically large.
De novo protein structure prediction methods attempt to predict tertiary structures from sequences based on general principles that govern protein folding energetics and/or statistical tendencies of conformational features that native structures acquire, without the use of explicit templates. Research into de novo structure prediction has been ...
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I-TASSER is a template-based method for protein structure and function prediction. [1] The pipeline consists of six consecutive steps: 1, Secondary structure prediction by PSSpred; 2, Template detection by LOMETS [6] 3, Fragment structure assembly using replica-exchange Monte Carlo simulation [7]