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MHC-Fine: Fine-tuned AlphaFold for precise MHC-peptide complex prediction.

Ernest Glukhov¹, Dmytro Kalitin², Darya Stepanenko¹

¹Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York; Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.

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We improved AlphaFold for predicting major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-peptide structures. Our fine-tuned model offers higher accuracy for MHC-peptide interactions, aiding vaccine design and computational immunology.

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Area of Science:

Computational immunology
Structural biology
Vaccine development

Background:

Accurate prediction of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-peptide complex structures is crucial for understanding T-cell mediated immunity.
Existing generalist models like AlphaFold may lack the specificity required for high-precision MHC-peptide interaction prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance AlphaFold's predictive accuracy for class I MHC-peptide complex structures.
To develop a specialized model for high-resolution MHC-peptide structure prediction.

Main Methods:

Fine-tuning AlphaFold using a curated dataset of high-resolution class I MHC-peptide crystal structures.
Comparative performance analysis against Pandora (homology modeling) and AlphaFold multimer.

Main Results:

The fine-tuned model demonstrated superior performance, evidenced by a lower median root-mean-square deviation (0.66 Å for peptide Cα atoms).
Improved predicted local distance difference test scores indicate more reliable structural predictions.
Outperformed both Pandora and AlphaFold multimer in accuracy.

Conclusions:

Specialized fine-tuning significantly improves AlphaFold's capability for precise MHC-peptide structure prediction.
This advancement offers a more reliable computational tool for drug discovery and vaccine design in immunology.
Enhanced MHC-peptide structure prediction accelerates research in computational immunology and therapeutic development.