>"1) You can tell whether a protien has this viral property by looking at its amino acid sequence" Supposedly (I have no idea how well it works), but here is a

>"1) You can tell whether a protien has this viral property by looking at its amino acid sequence" Supposedly (I have no idea how well it works), but here is an example of such a tool: http://aias.biol.uoa.gr/AMYLPRED/ http://aias.biol.uoa.gr/AMYLPRED/ >"2) Looking at this seqence has shown several reasons why proteins don't often go viral" Yes, but to clarify a bit: It looks like all proteins have this ability, but not all are just as likely to get into that state for the reasons mentioned. IE, it should be possible to find some way to make amyloids/prions out of any protein in the lab. It just requires figuring out the necessary conditions for that protein. >"The elucidation of this code has enabled the identification of factors that determine the intrinsic aggregation propensity of these molecules" Translation: Being able to get the amino acid sequence of proteins and predict what type of structures such a sequence leads to has allowed researchers to also predict which are likely to form aggregates.