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Predictor@home
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<p>Predictor@home was a <a href="/facts/Volunteer_computing/YkXGa3N8">volunteer computing</a> project that used <a href="/facts/BOINC/RPaqqojG">BOINC</a> software to <a href="/facts/Protein_structure_prediction/sj6AbLjI">predict protein structure</a> from protein sequence in the context of the 6th biannual <a href="/facts/CASP/A7fWoph9">CASP</a>, or Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction. A major goal of the project was the testing and evaluating of new algorithms to predict both known and unknown protein structures. </p><p>Predictor@home was complementary to <a href="/facts/Folding@home/Kuuo4ISC">Folding@home</a>. Whereas the latter aims to study the dynamics of <a href="/facts/Protein_folding/rf3nR2Y1">protein folding</a>, Predictor@home aimed to specify what the final <a href="/facts/Tertiary_structure/VaN6MEYh">tertiary structure</a> will be. Also, the two projects differ significantly in the infrastructure they use. The project used BOINC software, whereas Folding@home maintains its own software completely outside of BOINC. </p><p>However, for a time, Predictor@home competed with other BOINC protein structure prediction projects, such as <a href="/facts/Rosetta@home/IfxGBjNU">Rosetta@home</a>. Each uses different methods of rapidly and reliably predicting the final tertiary structure. </p><p>Predictor@home is currently inactive. </p>