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Protein design via deep learning

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Ding, Wenze, Nakai, Kenta, Gong, Haipeng·2022·Briefings in Bioinformatics

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Proteins with desired functions and properties are important in fields like nanotechnology and biomedicine. De novo protein design enables the production of previously unseen proteins from the ground up and is believed as a key point for handling real social challenges. Recent introduction of deep learning into design methods exhibits a transformative influence and is expected to represent a promising and exciting future direction. In this review, we retrospect the major aspects of current advances in deep-learning-based design procedures and illustrate their novelty in comparison with conventional knowledge-based approaches through noticeable cases. We not only describe deep learning developments in structure-based protein design and direct sequence design, but also highlight recent applications of deep reinforcement learning in protein design. The future perspectives on design goals, challenges and opportunities are also comprehensively discussed.

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Authors
Ding, W., Nakai, K., & Gong, H.
Affiliations
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (CN)
  • Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (JP)
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Ding, Wenze
  • Gong, Haipeng
Venue
Briefings in Bioinformatics
Published
2022-03-25
Volume
23
Issue
3
ISSN
  • 1467-5463 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-4054
OpenAlex
W4214937996
Cited by
66
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 5
FWCI
1.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (#32171243)
  • Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19H03213, 18H0298)
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
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Keywords
de novo protein design, deep learning, structure-based protein design, deep reinforcement learning, knowledge-based design, protein engineering
MeSH terms
Deep Learning, Proteins, Knowledge Bases

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