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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 452–453 (1 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0807-452

Form finds function

Karen N Allen

Since the 1990s, hundreds of genomes have been sequenced, providing the great promise of new drug targets, a comprehensive understanding of cell metabolism and a deep well of knowledge for protein engineering. However, these goals cannot be realized until the molecular functions of newly identified proteins are known.