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Mapping Bacterial Functional Networks and Pathways in Escherichia Coli using Synthetic Genetic Arrays

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Dango: Predicting higher-order genetic interactions.

Ruochi Zhang¹, Mihir Bafna², Jianzhu Ma³

¹Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

|April 25, 2026

Summary

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We developed Dango, a new computational method to predict complex genetic interactions between multiple genes. This tool significantly expands our understanding of how genes influence traits, particularly in yeast cell growth.

Keywords:

artificial intelligence higher-order genetic interaction hypergraph neural network model uncertainty estimation systems biology

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Area of Science:

Genetics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology

Background:

Higher-order genetic interactions are crucial for phenotypic variation but are poorly understood due to screening challenges.
Current research primarily focuses on pairwise interactions, leaving complex genetic relationships under-characterized.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a computational method for predicting higher-order genetic interactions among groups of genes.
To expand the quantitative landscape of trigenic interactions and their biological implications.

Main Methods:

Developed Dango, a self-attention hypergraph neural network.
Applied Dango to predict over 400 million trigenic interactions in yeast (S. cerevisiae).
Incorporated protein embeddings and uncertainty estimation for enhanced biological relevance and interpretability.

Main Results:

Dango accurately predicts trigenic interactions, revealing functions related to cell growth.
Predicted interactions serve as genetic markers for growth responses under various conditions.
Significantly expanded the known quantitative landscape of trigenic interactions.

Conclusions:

Dango enables a more comprehensive mapping of complex genetic interactions.
This method facilitates a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic diversity.
The findings highlight the importance of higher-order genetic interactions in biological systems.