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Assessing site-interdependent phylogenetic models of sequence evolution.

Nicolas Rodrigue1, Hervé Philippe, Nicolas Lartillot

  • 1Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. nicolas.rodrigue@umontreal.ca

Molecular Biology and Evolution
|June 22, 2006
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This study introduces Bayesian model selection to evaluate protein evolution models with site interdependencies. While site-interdependent models improve fit, they require rich site-independent components for accuracy.

Area of Science:

  • Computational Biology
  • Protein Evolution Modeling
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Phylogenetic models traditionally assume independence between amino acid sites.
  • Recent work explores site interdependencies, often using structural compatibility as a proxy for sequence fitness.
  • Existing methods lack frameworks for comparing alternative fitness proxies or canonical models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply Bayesian model selection for evaluating site-interdependent protein evolution models.
  • To compare the adequacy of different fitness proxies within these models.
  • To assess the performance of site-interdependent models against canonical, site-independent models.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Bayesian model selection, including marginal likelihood calculations and posterior predictive checks.

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  • Evaluated models incorporating site interdependencies based on statistical potentials.
  • Compared site-interdependent models with traditional site-independent models of protein evolution.

    • Main Results:

    • Considering site interdependencies significantly improved model fit across all datasets.
    • Pairwise contact potentials alone were insufficient for capturing rate heterogeneity and amino acid exchange propensities.
    • The best-performing models integrated statistical potentials with robust site-independent components.

    Conclusions:

    • Bayesian model selection provides a rigorous framework for exploring and comparing protein evolution models with site interdependencies.
    • Site-interdependent models offer improved accuracy but necessitate complementary site-independent treatments for complex evolutionary dynamics.
    • This methodology facilitates systematic exploration of structural constraints and other site-interdependent criteria in protein evolution.