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Nature 437, 486-487 (22 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437486a; Published online 21 September 2005

Structural biology: Form and function instructions

Jeffery W. Kelly1

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How much and what kind of information is required to fold a chain of amino acids into a functioning protein? It seems the problem may not be as daunting as once thought — the solution is in the coevolution data.

The linear sequence of amino acids in a protein specifies its final three-dimensional structure and function1. But what molecular information is necessary and sufficient to specify protein form and function?

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