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A general model to predict small molecule substrates of enzymes based on machine and deep learning

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Kroll, Alexander, Ranjan, Sahasra, Engqvist, Martin K. M., Lercher, Martin J.·2023·Nature Communications

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For most proteins annotated as enzymes, it is unknown which primary and/or secondary reactions they catalyze. Experimental characterizations of potential substrates are time-consuming and costly. Machine learning predictions could provide an efficient alternative, but are hampered by a lack of information regarding enzyme non-substrates, as available training data comprises mainly positive examples. Here, we present ESP, a general machine-learning model for the prediction of enzyme-substrate pairs with an accuracy of over 91% on independent and diverse test data. ESP can be applied successfully across widely different enzymes and a broad range of metabolites included in the training data, outperforming models designed for individual, well-studied enzyme families. ESP represents enzymes through a modified transformer model, and is trained on data augmented with randomly sampled small molecules assigned as non-substrates. By facilitating easy in silico testing of potential substrates, the ESP web server may support both basic and applied science.

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Authors
Kroll, A., Ranjan, S., Engqvist, M. K. M., & Lercher, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
  • EnginZyme (Sweden) (SE)
Corresponding author
Lercher, Martin J.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2023-05-15
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
2787-2787
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4376601927
Cited by
193
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 65 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 13
FWCI
17.23
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Univ. Duesseldorf: Duesseldorfer Dokumenten- und Publikationsserver (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC 1310 + 390686111)
  • Volkswagen Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
Keywords
enzyme catalysis, transformer models, deep learning, metabolites
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Catalysis, Proteins, Support Vector Machine

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