One Small Molecule Binding Protein, One Giant Leap for Protein Design

Illustration rendering of the digoxigenin binding protein was prepared by Vikram Mulligan

Reported on-line  in Nature (Sept. 4, 2013) researchers at the Institute for Protein Design describe the use of Rosetta computer algorithms to design a protein which binds with high affinity and specificity to a small drug molecule, digoxigenin a dangerous but sometimes life saving cardiac glycoside.  Learn more at this link.

 

 

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