Decoding Life’s Architecture: AlphaFold’s AI Revolution in Protein Structure Prediction

Abstract

Context: Proteins are the cell's workhorses, orchestrating nearly every biological function. Their 3D structures are vital to understanding their function, but traditional experimental structure determination methods could be faster and cheaper.

Problem: The gap between the number of known protein sequences and their resolved structures is vast and expanding. Traditional structure prediction methods must catch up with the rapid increase in…