Prodes:一种新的从头蛋白质骨架设计模型

    Prodes: An Innovative Model for De Novo Protein Backbone Design

    • 摘要: 蛋白质从头设计方法的突破对推动其在生物学和化学领域的应用具有重要意义。近年来,基于流匹配的蛋白质主链结构生成模型已成为该领域的重要工具。本文在AlphaFold2的基础上开发了Prodes模型。该模型采用不变点更新机制对坐标进行迭代优化,通过持续更新各残基的旋转和平移参数,有效地改进了蛋白质的三维结构预测;紧接着引入Transformer架构以增强对长序列依赖关系的建模能力,最终通过改进的主干更新模块重建出蛋白质骨架的三维结构。此外,本文重新设计了时间采样函数,有效实现了生成骨架的多样性与可设计性之间的平衡,提升了模型在不同任务中的适应性和鲁棒性。为全面评估模型性能,本文采用可设计性、多样性和新颖性等多维度指标进行量化分析,并在之前的研究中较少涉及的长达800个残基的蛋白质骨架生成任务中进行了深入探索,为蛋白质设计领域提供了新的视角并拓展了该领域的研究内容和应用范围。实验结果表明,Prodes在从头蛋白质骨架设计任务中表现优异,不仅在常规长度的骨架生成任务中超越了其他基线模型,而且在长序列生成任务中也展现了优越的性能,为从头蛋白质骨架设计领域提供了强有力的工具和方法支持。

       

      Abstract: Breakthroughs in de novo protein design methods are of great significance for advancing applications in biology and chemistry. In recent years, flow matching-based models have emerged as important tools for generating protein backbone structures. Building upon the framework of AlphaFold2, this study develops the Prodes model. The model employs an invariant point update mechanism to iteratively optimize coordinates, effectively improving three-dimensional protein structure prediction by progressively updating the rotation and translation parameters of each residue. Subsequently, a Transformer architecture is further introduced to enhance the modeling of long-range dependencies, and the three-dimensional structure of protein backbone is reconstructed through an improved backbone update module. Furthermore, this paper redesigns the temporal sampling function to better balance diversity and designability in backbone generation, enhancing the model's adaptability and robustness across various tasks. To comprehensively evaluate performance, we employ multi-dimensional metrics such as designability, diversity, and novelty for quantitative analysis. Additionally, we conduct in-depth exploration on the challenging task of generating protein backbones with lengths of up to 800 residues, a problem rarely addressed in previous studies. This work provides new perspectives for the field of protein design and expands its research scope and application potential. Experimental results show Prodes excels in de novo protein backbone design. It outperforms baseline models in generating standard-length backbones and demonstrates superior performance in long-sequence tasks, providing strong support for advanced de novo protein design methods.

       

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