AlphaFold database enables crystallographic phasing without protein sequence information.
Scientists used a new database called AlphaFold to predict protein structures without knowing their sequences. They tested this by solving the structures of two unknown proteins found in crystal contaminants. The results showed that AlphaFold's predictions were accurate enough to help determine the structures of these proteins, even without knowing their sequences. This shows that AlphaFold can be a useful tool for solving protein structures in crystallography.