Today we announced an AI breakthrough that accelerates protein folding – the process of predicting the shape of a molecule. Our researchers have used it to create a database of the molecular structures of proteins, which are the building blocks of life on earth.
With more than 600 million structures, it is three times larger than anything else before it. It is also the first of its kind to focus on the largely unexplored world of metagenomic proteins.
This new database could help scientists learn about the extraordinary diversity of the natural world and make discoveries that could help cure disease, clean up the environment and produce renewable energy. We hope that sharing the database and the AI model used to create it will drive scientific progress in this field and improve our understanding of the world around us.
Learn more about our AI model and the biological impacts it could have on our planet.