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  • Computational Biology
  • Structural Biology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Accurate prediction of protein complex structures is crucial for understanding biological functions.
  • AlphaFold-Multimer is a powerful tool for predicting these structures, but further improvements are needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate MULTICOM, a system designed to enhance AlphaFold-Multimer's performance in quaternary structure prediction.
  • To improve the input data and refine the output of AlphaFold-Multimer for more accurate protein complex modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Developed MULTICOM, a system that samples diverse multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) and templates for AlphaFold-Multimer.
  • Integrated traditional sequence alignments and Foldseek-based structure alignments for prediction generation.
  • Employed multiple metrics for ranking predictions and a Foldseek structure alignment-based method for refinement.

Main Results:

  • MULTICOM_qa ranked 3rd among 26 server predictors, and MULTICOM_human ranked 7th among 87 predictors in CASP15.
  • MULTICOM_qa achieved an average TM-score of ~0.76 for initial predictions, a 5.3% improvement over standard AlphaFold-Multimer.
  • The best predictions from MULTICOM_qa reached an average TM-score of ~0.80, an 8% improvement over standard AlphaFold-Multimer.

Conclusions:

  • The MULTICOM system significantly enhances AlphaFold-Multimer's capability in protein complex structure prediction.
  • Foldseek Structure Alignment-based Multimer structure Generation (FSAMG) shows superior performance compared to sequence alignment-based methods.