βš›οΈ Can spherical voxelization improve how AI interprets protein chemistry and interactions?

πŸ”— SpheronizaTor: Spherical Voxelization for Interpretable Protein Microenvironment Modeling. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0076

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🧬 Could a single residue swap turn a life-saving antibody into a β€œdead mutant”?

πŸ”— Replacement of a single residue in an antibody abolishes cognate antigen binding, as predicted by theoretical methods. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.10.018

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🦟 Could smarter protein modeling unlock eco-friendly pest control?

πŸ”— TBM preferred to AlphaFold 3 for functional models of insect odorant receptors. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.08.028

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Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models

MIT researchers used sparse autoencoders to shed light on the inner workings of protein language models, an advance that could streamline the process of identifying new drugs or vaccine targets.

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