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... At the crossroads of physics, chemistry, biology, and computational mathematics lies the protein folding problem: How does a linear polymer of amino acids assemble into a three-dimensional object capable of executing a precise chemical fimction? Implicit within this question are both kinetic and thermodynamic issues: Given a particular protein sequence, what is the conformation of the folded state?
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  • protein structure
  • amino acid
  • structure prediction
  • amino acids
  • protein folding

  • pattern matching
  • protein sequence


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