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Enter a protein by copying its UniProt ID from
alphafold.ebi.ac.uk (copy the part between AF- and -F1).
P02545 .
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Amino acids are represented by pitches (lower = hydrophobic, higher = hydrophilic);
hydrophobic acids sound more "oily", while the electrically charged hydrophilic acids ring out.
Residues with lower confidence (brighter colors) are softer.
Secondary structure is represented by different timbre palettes: Helices are violin, glass & harp;
Sheets are guitars (muted, open strings, harmonics); and coil is represented by gamelan.
Panning represents the spatial location of each residue, according to the protein's longest axis.
(If you're interested,
here
is more information on the sonification scheme.)
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature (2021)
AlphaFold Protein Structure Database 2025:
a redesigned interface and updated structural coverage, Nucleic Acids Research, (2025)
Mol* Viewer: modern web app for 3D visualization and analysis of large biomolecular structures ,
Nucleic Acids Research, 2021.