alphafold3-protein-folding

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Protein

Chain of amino acids that performs functions in living things

AminoAcid

Building block of proteins, 20 types exist

Folding

Process of amino acid chain forming a specific 3D structure

AlphaHelix

Spiral secondary structure

BetaSheet

Flat pleated secondary structure

pLDDT

predicted Local Distance Difference Test - AlphaFold's confidence score (0-100)

MSA

Multiple Sequence Alignment - aligned evolutionarily related sequences

Evoformer

AlphaFold's core neural network module processing evolutionary and structural information

CASP

Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction - international prediction competition

PDB

Protein Data Bank - database of experimentally determined structures

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