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The native state structures of globular proteins are stable and well-packed indicating that self-interactions are favored over protein-solvent interactions under folding conditions. We use this as a guiding principle to derive the geometry…
Predicting the functional impact of single amino acid substitutions (SAVs) is central to understanding genetic disease and engineering therapeutic proteins. While protein language models and structure-based methods have achieved strong…
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