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  • Biochemistry
  • Computational Biology
  • Drug Discovery

Background:

  • Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics for combating resistance.
  • Current AMP identification methods are limited, often overlooking AMPs embedded within larger proteins.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a machine learning (ML)-based pipeline for identifying AMPs embedded within proteomes.
  • To overcome the limitations of traditional AMP discovery methods.

Main Methods:

  • In-silico digestion of proteomes to generate k-mers of varying lengths.
  • Computation of molecular descriptors for each k-mer.
  • Antimicrobial activity prediction using ML models.

Main Results:

  • The pipeline efficiently identified AMPs in the shrimp proteome within 20 minutes.
  • Analysis of rodent proteomes revealed a positive correlation between species longevity and the abundance of predicted AMPs.
  • The ML pipeline demonstrated high efficiency in predicting embedded AMPs.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed ML pipeline effectively identifies embedded antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) within proteomes.
  • The findings suggest a potential link between AMPs and species longevity.
  • The pipeline offers a valuable tool for discovering novel AMPs for therapeutic applications.