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Enter a protein by copying its UniProt ID from
alphafold.ebi.ac.uk (copy the part between AF- and -F1).
Works best on Firefox or Chrome; first displayed is the progerin protein Prelamin-A/C,
P02545 .
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Violin, glass, harp
Guitar
Amino acids are represented by pitches (lower = hydrophobic, higher = hydrophilic), with different timbres:
hydrophobic acids sound more "oily", while the electrically charged hydrophilic acids ring out.
Residues with lower confidence (brighter colors) are softer. (If you're interested,
here
is more information on the sonification scheme.)
Made with Kyma and Web Audio API, Mol* and Alphafold, with help from Gemini and Claude;
inspiration from Aditi Kantipuly, Michael Frishkopf, Carla Scaletti, Kurt Hebel, and Martin Gruebele. EMBL-EPI research papers:
Jumper, J et al. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature (2021)
Bertoni D. et al. AlphaFold Protein Structure Database 2025:
a redesigned interface and updated structural coverage, Nucleic Acids Research, (2025)
Last updated .