For a short protein of 150 amino acids, the experimental ratio of functional proteins to non-functional gibberish sequences is approximately 1 in 10 to the 77th power, meaning functional proteins are extraordinarily rare in the sequence space.

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Stephen Meyer

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for a short protein 150 amino acids long the ratio is one uh protein that will fold into a a functional structure for compared to 10 to the 77th gibberish sequences so the ratio of functional to non-functional is one over 10 to the 77th power okay so functioning proteins are extremely rare

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Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of EvolutionHoover Institution
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:19:54 PM

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