Alphafold2Pfam

Elly Poretsky1, Carson M Andorf2,3, Taner Z Sen1,4

  • 1Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, USA.

Proteins
|July 23, 2025
PubMed
概括

蛋白质域在家族内表现出显著的结构变异性,具有挑战性的功能预测. 这项研究使用AlphaFold2揭示了Pfam域中的结构多样性,突出了改善预测工作流程的需求.

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