Folding (chemistry)

The most active area of interest in the folding of molecules is the process of protein folding, which analyses the specific sequences of amino acids in a protein. The shape of the folded protein can be used to understand its function and design drugs to influence the processes that it is involved in.

There is also a great deal of interest in the construction of artificial folding molecules or foldamers. They are studied as models of biological molecules and for potential application to the development of new functional materials.