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HemPepPred: Quantitative Prediction of Peptide Hemolytic Activity Based on Machine Learning and Protein Language

Xiang Li¹, Wanting Zhao¹, Xiao Liang¹

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Summary

Predicting hemolytic peptides is crucial for drug safety. A new regression framework integrates protein language models and amino acid features, improving accuracy and interpretability for peptide design.

Keywords:

ensemble learning hemolytic peptide

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Computational Biology
Drug Discovery

Background:

Accurate prediction of hemolytic peptides is vital for peptide safety evaluation and therapeutic design.
Existing predictive models face limitations in accuracy and interpretability.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an advanced regression framework for predicting hemolytic peptide activity.
To enhance the accuracy and interpretability of hemolytic peptide predictions.

Main Methods:

Integrating protein language model embeddings (ESM2_t33) with handcrafted amino acid descriptors.
Employing a three-stage feature selection strategy: variance filtering, F-test ranking, and mutual information analysis.
Building an ensemble model using Random Forest, Extremely Randomized Trees, Gradient Boosting, XGBoost, and Ridge Regression.

Main Results:

The ensemble model achieved a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.57 and a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.76 on the test set.
The model outperformed previous approaches in predicting hemolytic concentration (HC₅₀) values.
Shapley value analysis and Calibrated_Explanation algorithm provided feature contributions and sample-specific explanations.

Conclusions:

The proposed framework significantly improves the accuracy and interpretability of hemolytic peptide prediction.
The developed tool, HemPepPred, offers a practical platform for rational peptide design and safety assessment.
This approach facilitates safer and more effective therapeutic peptide development.