Protein folding@home

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Active proteins are formed when one or more amino acid chains fold into a complex three-dimensional conformation. How this occurs within a duration of what can be only microseconds, based purely on information contained within the primary amino acid sequence, is the protein folding problem.

FRIDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2000

The Pande group at Stanford University has developed a new and improved method of simulating the folding process. Unfortunately, for the larger proteins implicated in diseases such as Alzheimers, cystic fibrosis and CJD, this is extremely computationally demanding. So, akin to the popular SETI@home project, Folding@home asks anyone on the internet to 'lend' them some processing power by downloading and running an dedicated screensaver. See Folding@home for more information.

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