Peptone designs small molecules against intrinsically disordered proteins, the shape-shifting drivers of disease that conventional drugs can't reach.

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Ensemble Cloud

The protein as a prevalent breathing cloud of conformers. A small molecule descends and binds, inducing helicity: the disordered ensemble folds into an ordered alpha-helix that rotates in depth and anchors the binder within its coil.

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