- The Sound of “Corona” music!
- Reference: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scientists-have-turned-structure-coronavirus-music
- We all must have seen dozens of images of COVID19 but has anyone heard it? Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have now converted the entire structure of spike protein into a music! The different musical notes that one can hear indicate the various aspects of spike (S) protein that covers the virus. Proteins are made of amino acids. Using a process called sonification they have assigned each amino acid a musical note thus converting the entire sequence into a music. So why such an initiative? Scientists believe that this musical format would help scientists to find the specific sequences where a drug or antibody may bind! They believe that this method is more convenient and faster than conventional methods of molecular docking. For finding a match or complementarity between any two proteins we generally compare the amino acid sequences. Similarly, by comparing the musical sequence of the S protein with a large database of other sonified proteins, it might be possible to identify which proteins could bind to the S protein and prevent it from infecting our lung cells. It is really like music to the ears,Scroll down to listen!
- Summary by: Tanaya Roychowdhury, Graduate student at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India
Amazing one! Reading for the first time about the sequencing of proteins through musical notes and its intriguing to know!
Thanks🙂