Submitted by yeeturking t3_xx28my in askscience
UEMcGill t1_iraqvlx wrote
Reply to comment by yeeturking in is it possible to synthesize proteins chemically? by yeeturking
Proteins are floppy for lack of a better word. They're long and stringy, and can have multiple results. Think of it like trying to react spaghetti, and each way you bend the spaghetti gives you a different result.
When I was in college in the early 90's I had professors spending lots of supercomputer time just trying to predict protein folding.
[deleted] t1_irb3x1m wrote
[removed]
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments