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davepamn

M$1.00 Funded By Mahalo ? | May 12, 2009 03:35 PM

Have you played foldit and tried to 3D render a protein fold?

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Players use the cursor to grab, bend, pull, and wiggle the chain of amino acids anywhere along its length, folding the protein into its optimum shape. The only rules are based on physics—opposite charges attract, atomic bonds have limited angles of rotation, and the parts of the molecule that stick to water tend to point outward. The closer your model's properties adhere to those rules, the more points you get.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/17-05/ff_protein

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kostamagas

August 05, 2009 12:11 AM

I just tried this thing out. It is CRAZY!!!. Come up with some other fun science activities.

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davepamn

August 05, 2009 02:29 PM

Tell us how the software works

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