Re:Simulation of a 2B-atom cell that metabolizes and grows l...
by dekhn on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:44PM
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A custom supercomputer dedicated to simulating folding proteins (two-state folders with nontrivial secondary and tertiary structure) from unfolded to correctly folded state using only classical force fields probably could work, and DE Shaw has invested a lot of money in that idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_(computer)
but, as I pointed out elsewhere, this would not be particularly helpful as it would use an enormous amount of resources to compute something we could probably approximate with a well-trained ML model.
It also wouldn't address questions like biochemistry, enzymatic reactions, and probably wouldn't be able to probe the energetics of interactions accurately enough to do drug discovery.
but, as I pointed out elsewhere, this would not be particularly helpful as it would use an enormous amount of resources to compute something we could probably approximate with a well-trained ML model.
It also wouldn't address questions like biochemistry, enzymatic reactions, and probably wouldn't be able to probe the energetics of interactions accurately enough to do drug discovery.