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Foldwords

An evolving ontology and student guide to AlphaFold.

34 terms, explained for students — from amino acids to confidence scores.

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Example & analogy
One score for the whole fold — above 0.5, the shape is probably right.
Formal description
Predicted Template Modeling score. Above ~0.5 suggests the overall fold is likely correct.
Why it matters
Not yet documented for this concept.
Common misunderstanding
Not yet documented for this concept. Nicknames are memory aids, not literal definitions.
Connected concepts
- pTM is related to ipTM Citation ↗
- pTM is used to interpret Predicted structure Citation ↗
- Predicted aligned error is related to pTM Citation ↗
Sources & citations
- Jumper et al. 2021, Nature (AlphaFold 2 paper) ↗
- Evans et al. 2021, bioRxiv (AlphaFold-Multimer) ↗
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