SCOPER has simplified it significantly. Say you want to study a new RNA: First, put the nucleotide sequence into one of the open-source, AI-based structure prediction tools available today.

Given the amino-acid sequence or 3D structure of a protein, ... Figure 3: Flow chart suggesting a possible strategy for function prediction from a protein structure and some possible outcomes.

In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read like a recipe to build a protein. But there's more to the story. Some RNA ...