# Molecules of life

- kind: region

Where chemistry turns into biology: the shapes of proteins and how to design new ones.

## Problems

- [Protein structure prediction](/wiki/Problem:protein-structure-prediction.md) (solved)
- [Designing proteins with arbitrary function](/wiki/Problem:protein-design.md) (partial)
- [The structure of benzene](/wiki/Problem:benzene-structure.md) (solved)

Part of [Chemistry and matter](/wiki/Continent:chemistry.md).

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