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HCNS:A deep learning model for identifying essential proteins based on hypergraph convolution and sequence features.

Jialong Tian¹, Pengli Lu¹, Huining Sha²

¹School of Computer and Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China.

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|August 9, 2025

Summary

We developed the HCNS model to accurately identify essential proteins by integrating protein sequences and interaction networks. This novel approach significantly improves accuracy in essential protein identification for biomedical research.

Keywords:

Essential proteins Hypergraph convolutional network Multi-head self-attention NAG Transformer Protein amino acid sequences

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Area of Science:

Biomedical research
Computational biology
Bioinformatics

Background:

Accurate identification of essential proteins is vital for biomedical research.
Traditional methods often overlook protein amino acid sequence data.
Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) networks are commonly used but have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel model, HCNS, for enhanced essential protein identification.
To integrate protein sequence features with PPI network data.
To improve the accuracy and performance of essential protein identification methods.

Main Methods:

Developed the HCNS model integrating Hypergraph Convolutional Network (HGCN), Seq-CNN-MB-NAG, and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) modules.
Utilized HGCN for hypergraph construction from PPI and protein complex data.
Employed CNN, MHSA, Bi-LSTM, and NAG Transformer for protein sequence feature extraction.

Main Results:

The HCNS model achieved a high accuracy of 93.38%.
Demonstrated superior performance compared to existing essential protein identification methods.
Obtained an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 98.33% and an Area Under the Precision-Recall Curve (AUPR) of 97.16%.

Conclusions:

The HCNS model effectively integrates diverse biological data for accurate essential protein identification.
The proposed method shows significant potential for advancing biomedical research.
HCNS outperforms current state-of-the-art approaches in essential protein identification.