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End-to-End Differentiable Learning of Protein Structure

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AlQuraishi, Mohammed·2019·Cell Systems

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Predicting protein structure from sequence is a central challenge of biochemistry. Co-evolution methods show promise, but an explicit sequence-to-structure map remains elusive. Advances in deep learning that replace complex, human-designed pipelines with differentiable models optimized end to end suggest the potential benefits of similarly reformulating structure prediction. Here, we introduce an end-to-end differentiable model for protein structure learning. The model couples local and global protein structure via geometric units that optimize global geometry without violating local covalent chemistry. We test our model using two challenging tasks: predicting novel folds without co-evolutionary data and predicting known folds without structural templates. In the first task, the model achieves state-of-the-art accuracy, and in the second, it comes within 1-2 Å; competing methods using co-evolution and experimental templates have been refined over many years, and it is likely that the differentiable approach has substantial room for further improvement, with applications ranging from drug discovery to protein design.

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Authors
AlQuraishi, M.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
AlQuraishi, Mohammed
Venue
Cell Systems
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
292-301.e3
ISSN
2405-4712 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2952317511
Cited by
371
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 41
FWCI
20.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Systems (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NVIDIA
  • NIGMS (P50GM107618)
  • NCI (U54-CA225088)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Structural Biology › Enzyme Structure and Function
Keywords
protein structure prediction, differentiable models, coevolution, protein design
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Software, Protein Folding, Evolution, Molecular, Sequence Analysis, Protein

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