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ArticleNature2026

Large-scale discovery, analysis and design of protein energy landscapes.

Állan J R Ferrari, Sugyan M Dixit, Jane Thibeault, Mario Garcia, Scott Houliston, Robert W Ludwig, Pascal Notin, Claire M Phoumyvong, Cydney M Martell, Michelle D Jung and 5 more

Abstract read
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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A structure-aware generative AI framework for revealing functional relationships in protein families.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  11. Fold-Switching Proteins.Annual review of biophysics · 2026
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  16. Global Analysis of Aggregation Determinants in Small Protein Domains.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  17. State-of-the-Art and Future Directions in Structural Proteomics.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Állan J R FerrariDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-2257
Sugyan M DixitDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-7974
Jane ThibeaultDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5458-2876
Mario GarciaDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Scott HoulistonStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert W LudwigDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-1173
Pascal NotinDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-8983
Claire M PhoumyvongDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Cydney M MartellDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8299-9182
Michelle D JungDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8560-829X
Kotaro TsuboyamaDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-8179
Lauren CarterDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cheryl H ArrowsmithStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-3250
Miklos GuttmanDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2419-1334
Gabriel J RocklinDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. grocklin@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-5631

Funding

High-throughput discovery and modeling of protein stability and dynamicsR35GM158118 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Gabriel Jacob Rocklin · 2025 to 2026
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM158118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All folded proteins continuously fluctuate between their low-energy native structures and higher-energy conformations that can be partially or fully unfolded. These rare states influence protein function

Indexed as

Protein FoldingProteinsThermodynamicsDeuterium Exchange MeasurementHydrogen Deuterium Exchange-Mass SpectrometryMass SpectrometryModels, MolecularMutationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein ConformationProtein DomainsProtein StabilityProtein Structure, SecondaryProteins

Identifiers

PMID42129553
PMCPMC13293878

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