Motion changes
the geometry.
Proteins breathe and pockets open and close. The binding site you need may not exist in a single frame.
SCIENTIFIC APPROACH · 01
A structure is a snapshot.
Biology is a moving system.
Structure gives us the coordinates. LUCAI examines the forces, motion and environment that determine what those coordinates can actually do.
MOTIONELECTROSTATICSSOLVATIONWHAT A STRUCTURE CANNOT SHOW
The coordinates are only
the starting point.
To explain molecular behaviour, LUCAI models three dimensions that act together beyond the static structure.
Motion changes
Charge guides
recognition.
Electrostatics determines which molecular partners attract, repel or align.
Water changes
the energetic cost.
Solvation shapes every interaction: binding requires water to be displaced and reorganized.
WHERE STANDARD TOOLS STOP
Powerful starting points.
Not universal answers.
Standard toolWhat it gives youWhat LUCAI adds
- AlphaFoldStructural hypothesesInteraction context
- DockingPossible binding posesDynamics and water
- Empirical modelsRapid estimatesStructural adaptation
- Free energyInteraction energeticsBiology-matched assumptions