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  • Protein Structure Prediction

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  • Enzyme molecular weight is vital for enzyme-constrained models (ecModels).
  • Determining the number of subunits (NS) is essential for accurate molecular weight calculation.
  • UniProt database lacks comprehensive NS information for many proteins.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the gap in subunit number data for proteins.
  • To develop a novel computational model for predicting NS in homo-oligomers.
  • To establish a benchmark dataset for subunit information.

Main Methods:

  • Curated subunit information from the UniProt database.
  • Developed DeepSub, a model integrating protein language models and Bi-directional Gated Recurrent Units (GRU).
  • Predicted NS using only protein sequences for homo-oligomeric proteins.

Main Results:

  • DeepSub achieved a high accuracy rate of 0.967 in predicting NS.
  • DeepSub outperformed the existing QUEEN method.
  • Predicted NS for uncharacterized homo-oligomers (e.g., homoserine dehydrogenase, Matrilin-4, Multimerins) closely matched literature data.

Conclusions:

  • DeepSub provides a reliable and accurate method for predicting the number of subunits in homo-oligomers.
  • The model enhances the utility of enzyme-constrained models by improving molecular weight estimations.
  • DeepSub's sequence-based approach offers a valuable tool for studying proteins with limited experimental data.