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The coming of age of de novo protein design

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  • Po-Ssu Huang

    (University of Washington
    Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
    Present address: Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.)

  • Scott E. Boyken

    (University of Washington
    Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington)

  • David Baker

    (University of Washington
    Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington)

Abstract

There are 20200 possible amino-acid sequences for a 200-residue protein, of which the natural evolutionary process has sampled only an infinitesimal subset. De novo protein design explores the full sequence space, guided by the physical principles that underlie protein folding. Computational methodology has advanced to the point that a wide range of structures can be designed from scratch with atomic-level accuracy. Almost all protein engineering so far has involved the modification of naturally occurring proteins; it should now be possible to design new functional proteins from the ground up to tackle current challenges in biomedicine and nanotechnology.

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  • Po-Ssu Huang & Scott E. Boyken & David Baker, 2016. "The coming of age of de novo protein design," Nature, Nature, vol. 537(7620), pages 320-327, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:537:y:2016:i:7620:d:10.1038_nature19946
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19946
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