Indian researchers have developed an open-source Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool named Disobind to predict interactions of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins.
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) are proteins that do not have a fixed three-dimensional structure.
These proteins remain flexible and can change their shape inside living cells.
IDPs play an important role in cell signalling, gene regulation, and protein folding.
They are involved in diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
The Disobind tool uses protein language models to study and predict IDP interactions.