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Deep learning techniques have significantly impacted protein structure prediction and protein design
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Protein structure prediction and design can be regarded as two inverse processes governed by the same folding principle. Although progress remained stagnant over the past two decades, the recent application of deep neural networks to spatial constraint prediction and end-to-end model training has significantly improved the accuracy of protein structure prediction, largely solving the problem at the fold level for single-domain proteins. The field of protein design has also witnessed dramatic improvement, where noticeable examples have shown that information stored in neural-network models can be used to advance functional protein design. Thus, incorporation of deep learning techniques into different steps of protein folding and design approaches represents an exciting future direction and should continue to have a transformative impact on both fields.
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- Authors
- Pearce, R., & Zhang, Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Yang
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2021-06
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- 68
- Pages
- 194-207
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- National Science Foundation (DBI2030790, IIS1901191, MTM2025426)
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI134678)
- 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, protein design, deep learning, deep neural network, protein folding, single-domain proteins
- MeSH terms
- Deep Learning, Proteins, Neural Networks, Computer, Protein Folding
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