Has DeepMind’s AlphaFold Solved the Protein Folding Problem?
Aisha Al-Janabi
Abstract
DeepMind released AlphaFold 2.0 in 2020, an artificial intelligence model to predict the structure of proteins, which could mean that proteins can be characterized without the need for tedious and costly lab analysis.
Topics & Concepts
Protein foldingComputational biologyFolding (DSP implementation)Computer scienceProtein structure predictionProtein structureChemistryBiologyBiochemistryEngineeringElectrical engineeringProtein Structure and DynamicsMachine Learning in BioinformaticsBiochemical and Structural Characterization