采用基于深度学习的方法进行的大规模基因组调查,揭示了菌株水平的菌体特异性决定因素
Yiyan Yang1, Keith Dufault-Thompson1, Wei Yan1
1National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
GigaScience
|April 22, 2024
概括
新的深度学习工具SpikeHunter识别了菌体尾尖蛋白质,这些蛋白质对于向抗生素耐药细菌至关重要. 这可以通过基于细菌多糖体受体预测菌体-宿主特异性来推进菌体治疗.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物信息学是一种生物信息学.
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 菌体治疗是对抗抗菌素耐药性的有希望的策略.
- 由受体结合蛋白决定的菌体特异性是关键的,但由于菌体的多样性,其特征具有挑战性.
- 缺乏现有的工具来大规模表征受体结合蛋白.
研究的目的:
- 开发和介绍SpikeHunter,一种用于表征菌体尾尖蛋白的深度学习方法.
- 分析尾尖蛋白与细菌多糖之间的关联.
- 为了预测菌体-宿主特异性.
主要方法:
- 使用ESM-2蛋白语言模型开发SpikeHunter.
- 分析了787,566个细菌基因组,以识别菌体编码的尾尖蛋白.
- 与细菌多糖体受体和菌体-宿主特异性相关的尾尖蛋白域.
主要成果:
- 确定了231,965种不同的菌体尾尖蛋白.
- 在86.60%的鉴定蛋白质和特定的细菌多糖之间发现了强烈的关联.
- 证明相同的尾尖蛋白可以感染具有相似受体的不同细菌物种,突出显示C端域在特异性中的作用.
- 与真实世界的菌素治疗病例相比,经过验证的预测.
结论:
- 斯派克亨特提供了一种方法和数据库,用于了解菌体特异性决定因素.
- 提高了对菌体特异性的菌株级理解.
- 提供了一个指导治疗应用中的菌体选择的框架.
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