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Only independent evidence moves it.","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W2997234557","title":"Improved protein structure prediction using predicted interresidue orientations","authors":["Jianyi Yang","Ivan V. Anishchenko","Hahnbeom Park","Zhenling Peng","Sergey Ovchinnikov","David A. Baker"],"authorCount":6,"venue":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences","year":2020,"type":"article","citedBy":1403,"keywords":["protein structure prediction","cameos","de novo protein design","CASP13","ResNet"],"topic":{"topic":"Protein Structure and Dynamics","subfield":"Molecular Biology","field":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology","domain":"Life Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-10T11:01:46.482Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"A network trained only on natural proteins gives higher probability to de novo-designed proteins, picking out key fold-determining residues.","did":"They developed a deep residual network predicting interresidue orientations as well as distances, and paired it with a Rosetta-constrained energy-minimisation protocol. 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