A healthy mind and body require the coordinated action of billions of tiny molecular workers called proteins. Our genes contain the DNA scripts for manufacturing proteins. Some proteins build our cells and other proteins work like miniature machines to allow us to think, smell, eat and breathe. Proteins are indispensable molecules in our bodies, and each has a unique three-dimensional shape that is well suited for its particular job. And if the shape of even …showed first 75 words of 712 total…

…showed last 75 words of 712 total…several different orientations, mimicking the way these assemblies twist and bend inside living cells. Extremely large amounts of high-quality protein are needed to perform these difficult experiments. The Structural Biology protein production facilities will begin operations next year. Roadmap developers expect that scientists will require about a decade of intense work to achieve the project's most ambitious goal: the ability to routinely predict the shape and action of a biological machine from its DNA script.