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Synthetic polypeptides

Searching for protein mimicry

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Nature evolves proteins by iterating through an untold number of mutations over time. Now, a method is reported to prepare and optimize synthetic polypeptides in an automated high-throughput fashion driven by artificial intelligence.

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Fig. 1: A high-throughput, automated machine learning platform for synthesizing diverse protein mimics.

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Gormley, A.J. Searching for protein mimicry. Nat. Synth 2, 471–472 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00302-w

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