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minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoA reliable way to simulate any kind of protein fold. As long as you have a method you could hypothetically “solve” the issue
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoYou dont solve anything. You generate models. That’s it. Without experimental validation they are just cartoons.
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThen why has modelling been so focused on?
minus-squareHazel@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoBecause the models become a database you can search for certain characteristics. (This is a guess I consider reasonable.)
A reliable way to simulate any kind of protein fold. As long as you have a method you could hypothetically “solve” the issue
You dont solve anything. You generate models. That’s it. Without experimental validation they are just cartoons.
Then why has modelling been so focused on?
Because the models become a database you can search for certain characteristics.
(This is a guess I consider reasonable.)