What is Folding?

Cyber13Cyber13 Virginia
edited September 2004 in Folding@Home
What is folding? Why is it important?

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  • edited September 2004
    Cyber13 wrote:
    What is folding? Why is it important?

    http://folding.stanford.edu
  • LiLbRoLiLbRo Troy, Michigan
    edited September 2004
    WHY DO PROTEINS "FOLD"?

    However, only knowing this sequence tells us little about what the protein does and how it does it. In order to carry out their function (eg as enzymes or antibodies), they must take on a particular shape, also known as a "fold." Thus, proteins are truly amazing machines: before they do their work, they assemble themselves! This self-assembly is called "folding."

    One of our project goals is to simulate protein folding in order to understand how proteins fold so quickly and reliably, and to learn how to make synthetic polymers with these properties. Movies of the results of some of these simulation results can be found here.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited September 2004
    Download here ---> http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
    Choose the 5.02 Windows XP "No Non-sense text only" version (4th one down)

    Then put in a new directory and start it up, enter your name and settings, only put the team number (33693) and your name (yagga) ;) in for the settings for the amd, maybe the service one and receipt request one.

    Sit back and don't worry about it, unless it or the computer is off ofcourse :thumbsup:
  • phlipphlip hell
    edited September 2004
    its important cause the pharmacueticle (sp) Companies stand to make millions due to our donations of computer time!(great deal of sarcasm) but its probably true
  • edited September 2004
    waste of precious electrons D:
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