Connected concepts · Student learning
Foldwords
An evolving ontology and student guide to AlphaFold.
34 terms, explained for students — from amino acids to confidence scores.
Understand AlphaFold, one concept at a time.
Example & analogy
A 0–100 score per bead: blue means sure, orange means guessing.
Formal description
>90 very high, 70–90 confident, 50–70 low, <50 very low (often disordered). Colored blue → orange in viewers.
Why it matters
Helps you assess confidence locally, one residue at a time.
Common misunderstanding
pLDDT is not a score for the relative placement of entire domains or proof of biological function.
Connected concepts
- pLDDT is related to ResidueCitation ↗
- pLDDT is related to Intrinsically disordered regionCitation ↗
- pLDDT measures ResidueCitation ↗
- Residue is related to pLDDTCitation ↗
- Intrinsically disordered region is related to pLDDTCitation ↗
- Ranked model is related to pLDDTCitation ↗
Sources & citations
Check your understanding
One “Bead on the string” looks floppy and scores 42 out of 100. Which tool tells you how confident the prediction is at that spot?
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