Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
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Scientists used AI protein-design tools to keep the catalytic core of two protease types while replacing the rest of the enzyme, yielding cutters tuned to split chosen proteins in half. They showed this by cleaving proteins tied to neurological disease. Peptide bonds can persist for centuries without help; the work mimics how nature diversifies protein-digesting enzymes.
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