‘Superdark’ protein looks like a G-protein-coupled receptor — but shows unconventional behaviour

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• ‘Superdark’ protein looks like a G-protein-coupled receptor — but shows unconventional behaviour
  Nature · September 9, 2026 00:00
  Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02472-x Mining millions of AI-predicted structures reveals an evolutionarily conserved protein that resembles a receptor family member but functions differently.