For the sceptics: if you read the referenced article, you will see that it is about protein structure determination by means of deep neural networks. It's not about gene expression, which is a different topic. What benefit does it have to respond to the question "What are the immediate real-world applications of this" (see above) by reciting some molecular biology dogmas from text books mixed with misconceptions, instead of responding to the real question?
Nobody is suggesting that this research has anything to do with gene expression or anything like that. Their point was simply that we now have better tools to actually see the meaning/effect of a given DNA sequence.
Also, there is no need to passive-agressively highlight your credentials. I already researched them before replying.
I rather think most people comment without even having a look at the referenced article. And since when is the reference to a qualification considered aggressive? If your doctor hangs his doctor's certificate on the wall, is he "passive-aggressive"? Pretty weird.
> that we now have better tools to actually see the meaning/effect of a given DNA sequence
Note that the "meaning/effect" of a DNA segment encoding a protein is known and unrelated to the protein folding process. The protein gets its conformation after the translation process.
> Note that the "meaning/effect" of a DNA segment encoding a protein [...]
The "meaning" of a DNA segment is not to encode a protein. The "meaning" is to describe a mechanism in the host organism (by way of encoding a protein). That is a complex process which involves gene expression AND protein folding.
For example would you say that the "meaning" of some Java code is to generate bytecode? Of course not, the "meaning" is to run some algorithm on the computer that executes it
