Citing the database

If you use AlphaFold structures in your research, it is essential to cite the original papers to ensure proper attribution and acknowledge the significant work that has gone into creating this resource.

Primary citations:

• Jumper, J et al. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature (2021)
• Fleming J. et al. AlphaFold Protein Structure Database and 3D-Beacons: New Data and Capabilities. Journal of Molecular Biology, (2025)

If you use data from AlphaMissense in your work, please cite the following paper:

• Cheng, J et al. Accurate proteome-wide missense variant effect prediction with AlphaMissense. Science (2023).