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Protein evolution
14.02.2024
Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study uncovers new wrinkles in the folding story of “orphan” proteins
12.01.2023
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology
In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented...
06.12.2022
Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s...
14.09.2022
How did amino acids start bonding to form proteins? Weizmann Institute of Science researchers bring their findings to life in their...
25.02.2021
A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured out how to use oxygen long before the main event
22.06.2020
An experiment in reconstructing primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddle
27.01.2020
Once discarded from studies, disordered segments are now understood to have important roles to play in the cell
01.08.2019
Mapping where these errors occur was a feat they said couldn't be done. It turns out many are not random
01.04.2019
Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins
26.09.2017
Including “non-ideal” components in the designs may be key to functional artificial proteins
