By stitching together an unprecedented diversity of data, a new software platform has enabled scientists to robustly predict what proteins do.
In the symphony of life, if DNA is the conductor, proteins make the music. By controlling everything from the contraction of a muscle before a leap to the digestion of a bite of food, to the expansion of a pupil in the darkness, proteins drive the actions that define behavior, health and the ability of a species to propagate over generations. Though the music they create is critical to every aspect of life, the ‘how’ remains a mystery: For the majority of proteins, a complete picture of how they function remains unknown.
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