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The series of four CASP experiments has helped to transform the field of protein structure prediction. The state of the art in protein structure prediction has undoubtedly changed, but has there been progress over the years?
The structural and functional properties of nucleic acids may form the basis for carrying out elementary and complex computational operations with biological molecules. A recent meeting on computing with DNA explored the potential of this approach.
Groups from around the world involved in protein tertiary structure classification and structure comparision met in Paris to discuss and compare, for the first time, existing classification schemes.
New structures of copper containing proteins with cupredoxin-like folds confirm earlier predictions, and reveal electron-transfer routes in cytochrome oxidase, while a new fold for amine-oxidase reveals a new use for copper in forming self-derived quino-cofactor.