Hi,

I found the following article very interesting, but have no idea how relevant it is to a project such as Rosetta (or indeed if it's news at all!).

Protein 'nanosprings' most resilient found in nature:
http://www.physorg.com/news9900.html

My extremely limited understanding would suggest that if these bonds are significantly stronger than the others in a protein chain, then you could start the simulation with these particular bonds fully folded at the start?

I suspect this isn't news at all, just a research group demonstrating a previously known fact in a new way, possibly in time for the next round of grant allocations (I'm naturally cynical as you may have gathered). Interesting regardless.

-Mike

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Hi Vanita,

That's very interesting, thanks :-)

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