Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research

Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by iamcreasy on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @10:41PM (#8818160)

I remember an old news about Foldit from 2011, where Foldit players were able to decipher the structure of an enzyme that is the key to the way HIV multiplies.

Source : http://www.cnet.com/news/foldit-game-leads-to-aids-research-...

"Gamers were able to do what biochemists have been trying to do for a decade: decipher the structure of a protein called retroviral protease, an enzyme that is key to the way HIV multiplies...People have spatial reasoning skill - something computers are not yet good at."

Strange thing is, if you Google "foldit HIV" or "foldit AIDS" - there is no follow up news. There are some new articles on 2013, but they link straight back to 2011 articles.

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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by SapphireSun on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @11:04PM (#8818203)

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=2961090759639019608&...

Cited by 192

EDIT: Although looking through that link, most of the articles are about the technique rather than the actual discovery. I did find a followup paper:

http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n2/abs/nbt.2109.html

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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by iamcreasy on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @12:32AM (#8818365)

Thank you. The Nature's paper isn't accessible for free, but some bibliographies are open for all.

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