Functional proteins (Introduction)

by David Turell, (4460 days ago)

Strings of amino acids 100 or more long, must fold exactly correctly to be functional. This research is looking into the process, but thre is a chicken and egg problem, not addressed. How does a protein string know the correct shape in advance? As the article points out, trying every combination would take longer than the universe is old, a fact known for many years. Does the string have prior information, or is it designed, the only two other alternatives?-http://phys.org/news/2014-08-eons-seconds-proteins-exploit.html

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