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A deep attention model for wide-genome protein-peptide binding affinity prediction at a sequence level
Xiaohan Sun1, Zhixiang Wu1, Jingjie Su1
1College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
|July 12, 2024
Summary
We developed PepPAP, a novel deep learning model using sequence data to predict protein-peptide binding affinity. PepPAP accurately forecasts binding strength, aiding peptide-based drug design.
Area of Science:
- Biochemistry
- Computational Biology
- Drug Discovery
Background:
- Peptides mediate up to 40% of protein-protein interactions, crucial for cellular functions.
- Their specificity makes peptides valuable for drug design, but predicting binding affinity is difficult.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an accurate prediction model for protein-peptide binding affinity using only sequence information.
- To enhance the design of peptide-based therapeutics.
Main Methods:
- Developed PepPAP, a convolutional neural network and multi-head attention model.
- Utilized sequence features: physicochemical properties, intrinsic disorder, sequence encoding, and interface propensity.
- Employed a regression stratification cross-validation scheme for improved extreme value prediction.
Main Results:
- PepPAP demonstrated excellent performance on benchmark datasets (T100, PDZ, CXCR4), outperforming existing methods.
- Achieved strong results in binary interaction prediction.
- Feature space visualization confirmed PepPAP's effectiveness.
Conclusions:
- PepPAP is the first sequence-based deep attention model for genome-wide protein-peptide binding affinity prediction.
- The model shows significant potential for advancing peptide-based drug design and understanding biological interactions.
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