The target of the coronavirus puzzle is a spike protein that allows the virus to infect human cells.
The puzzles goal is to design a binder protein that sticks to the spike.
Once the coronavirus spike binds to the human receptor, the virus can infect the human cell and replicate.
This new puzzle has two different difficulty levels.
Players of Foldit can compete against one another or they can collectively work to find out the best solutions.
The most promising protein design will be tested at UWs Institute for Protein Design.
He, however, pointed out that it could take a while until we get a working solution.
source: www.techworm.net
