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  • Computational Biology
  • Protein Engineering
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Predicting protein variant effects and designing functional sequences are crucial for protein engineering and biotherapeutics.
  • Current computational methods often require multiple sequence alignments, limiting their application in areas like indel prediction, disordered proteins, and antibody design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an alignment-free deep generative model for predicting protein variant effects and designing functional sequences.
  • To overcome limitations of alignment-dependent methods in challenging protein engineering applications.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted a deep generative model from natural language processing techniques.
  • Applied the model for prediction of missense and indel effects.
  • Utilized the model for the design of a nanobody library.

Main Results:

  • Achieved state-of-the-art prediction accuracy for missense and indel variants.
  • Successfully designed and experimentally validated a diverse 10^5-nanobody library.
  • The designed nanobody library demonstrated superior expression compared to a significantly larger synthetic library.

Conclusions:

  • The alignment-free autoregressive model effectively generalizes to unexplored sequence space for protein prediction and design.
  • This approach expands the capabilities of computational protein engineering, particularly for challenging targets like antibodies and disordered proteins.