Researchers use AI protein design tools to build protease enzymes that cut target proteins
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Researchers used AI-based protein design tools to take the catalytic core of two protease types and replace the rest of each protein, producing new enzymes.
Ars Technica reports that the enzymes can be tuned to cut specific proteins in half. The researchers demonstrated this by using them to cut proteins associated with neurological diseases.
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- Ars Technica · AINewsResearchers use AI-designed proteins to cut specific proteins linked to neurological disease
AIResearchers used AI-based protein design tools to take the catalytic core of two protease types and replace the rest of each protein. The resulting enzymes can be tuned to cut specific proteins in half, and the team demonstrated this by cutting proteins associated with neurological diseases.
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