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How far does predicted structure constrain predicted function?

Newly tractable

Background

Structure prediction is accurate for many targets. Function is a different question. This asks how much functional prediction accuracy follows from structural accuracy, for which classes of protein, and where the relationship breaks down — particularly for disordered regions and multi-protein complexes.

Why it is at the frontierBecame approachable once structure prediction stopped being the bottleneck.

Expeditions and branches

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