Improved protein structure prediction using predicted interresidue orientations

J Yang, I Anishchenko, H Park… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020National Acad Sciences
The prediction of interresidue contacts and distances from coevolutionary data using deep
learning has considerably advanced protein structure prediction. Here, we build on these
advances by developing a deep residual network for predicting interresidue orientations, in
addition to distances, and a Rosetta-constrained energy-minimization protocol for rapidly
and accurately generating structure models guided by these restraints. In benchmark tests
on 13th Community-Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein …
The prediction of interresidue contacts and distances from coevolutionary data using deep learning has considerably advanced protein structure prediction. Here, we build on these advances by developing a deep residual network for predicting interresidue orientations, in addition to distances, and a Rosetta-constrained energy-minimization protocol for rapidly and accurately generating structure models guided by these restraints. In benchmark tests on 13th Community-Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP13)- and Continuous Automated Model Evaluation (CAMEO)-derived sets, the method outperforms all previously described structure-prediction methods. Although trained entirely on native proteins, the network consistently assigns higher probability to de novo-designed proteins, identifying the key fold-determining residues and providing an independent quantitative measure of the “ideality” of a protein structure. The method promises to be useful for a broad range of protein structure prediction and design problems.
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